sū

Traditional: 蘇

苏 (sū) is a Chinese word meaning “Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil); place name; to revive”.

Meanings

  1. 1Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
  2. 2place name
  3. 3to revive
  4. 4used as phonetic in transliteration

Related words

苏格兰Scotland苏used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1 su1]苏surname Su苏variant of 蘇|苏[su1]苏old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]苏联Soviet Union, 1922-1991苏打(loanword) soda苏珊Susan (name)复苏to recover (health, economic)复苏variant of 復甦|复苏[fu4 su1]苏菲(name) Sophie苏醒to come to

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