熟
shú
Pinyin

Definition

熟
 - 
shú
  1. cooked (of food)
  2. ripe (of fruit)
  3. mature (of seeds)
  4. familiar
  5. skilled
  6. done
  7. also pr. [shóu]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

成熟
chéng shú
  1. 1 mature
  2. 2 ripe
  3. 3 to mature
  4. 4 to ripen
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [chéng shóu]
熟
shú
  1. 1 cooked (of food)
  2. 2 ripe (of fruit)
  3. 3 mature (of seeds)
  4. 4 familiar
  5. 5 skilled
  6. 6 done
  7. 7 also pr. [shóu]
熟悉
shú xī
  1. 1 to be familiar with
  2. 2 to know well
催熟
cuī shú
  1. 1 to promote ripening of fruit
早熟
zǎo shú
  1. 1 precocious
  2. 2 early-maturing

Idioms (11)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
  1. 1 with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
熟语
shú yǔ
  1. 1 idiom
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
  1. 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time

Sample Sentences

我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ，yīdìng yǒu shìr ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr le ，wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
Go to Lesson 
很多老一辈的中国人喜欢听相声，尤其是郭德纲先生的。说起郭德纲，他不只相声厉害，还熟悉各种戏曲，所以很多人想成为他的学生呢。
hěnduō lǎoyībèi de Zhōngguó rén xǐhuan tīng xiàngsheng ，yóuqí shì Guōdégāng xiānsheng de 。shuōqǐ Guōdégāng ，tā bù zhǐ xiàngsheng lìhai ，hái shúxī gèzhǒng xìqǔ ，suǒyǐ hěnduō rén xiǎng chéngwéi tā de xuésheng ne 。
Many older Chinese like to listen to cross talk, especially Mr. Guo Degang’s. Speaking of Guo Degang, he is not only good at cross talk, but also familiar with various operas, so many people want to be his students.
Go to Lesson 
这我不怎么熟悉。
zhè wǒ bùzěnme shúxī 。
I’m not that familiar with it.
Go to Lesson 
他已经非常熟悉这项工作，以至于能准确地把自己气喘的拍子调节到工作的节奏中去，
tā yǐjīng fēicháng shúxī zhè xiàng gōngzuò ，yǐzhìyú néng zhǔnquè de bǎ zìjǐ qìchuǎn de pāizi tiáojié dào gōngzuò de jiézòu zhōng qù ，
He is so familiar with his task that he synchronized the pattern of his breath into the rhythm of the task.
Go to Lesson 
可是，有没有考虑过工人皮埃德罗的感受，作为一个熟练的技术工人，与其说他在享受操纵、控制机器的快感，
kěshì ，yǒuméiyǒu kǎolǜ guò gōngrén píāidéluó de gǎnshòu ，zuòwéi yī ge shúliàn de jìshù gōngrén ，yǔqí shuō tā zài xiǎngshòu cāozòng 、kòngzhì jīqì de kuàigǎn ，
If we consider the feelings of Pietro, as an experienced technician, instead of saying he gains happiness from manipulating a machine,
Go to Lesson 
第三个人不很熟练，但他并不排斥这项任务，或说是不敢排斥，
dìsān ge rén bù hěn shúliàn ，dàn tā bìng bù páichì zhè xiàng rènwu ，huò shuō shì bù gǎn páichì ，
The third person wasn't very proficient. He didn't mind doing this task, or rather he didn't dare reject it.
Go to Lesson 
知道了，你常去美国，也得熟悉那儿的习惯，上次你不知怎么了，眼睛盯着一个路人看，记得吗？这样别人会很不舒服的。
zhīdao le ，nǐ cháng qù Měiguó ，yě děi shúxī nàr de xíguàn ，shàngcì nǐ bùzhī zěnme le ，yǎnjing dīng zhe yī gè lù rén kàn ，jìde ma ？zhèyàng biérén huì hěn bù shūfu de 。
I know. You go to the US a lot, so you must be familiar with social norms there. I don't know what was up with you last time, remember when you stared at that passerby? Other people would be very uncomfortable with that.
Go to Lesson 
煮熟的鸭子飞了”是指已经到手的东西丢了。
zhǔshúdeyāzifēile ”shì zhǐ yǐjīng dàoshǒu de dōngxi diū le 。
“A cooked duck flies away.” means to lose something one almost got.
Go to Lesson 
煮熟的鸭子飞了
zhǔ shú de yāzi fēi le
To lose something one almost got.
Go to Lesson 
他以为这个工作是他的，因为他非常地有把握，但是在最后一轮面试的时候却让煮熟的鸭子飞了。
tā yǐwéi zhège gōngzuò shì tā de ，yīnwèi tā fēicháng de yǒu bǎwò ，dànshì zài zuìhòu yī lún miànshì de shíhou què ràng zhǔshúdeyāzifēile 。
He thought the job would be his because he was so sure of it. But he didn’t pass the last round of interviews, and he lost the job he almost got.
Go to Lesson