Shǔ
蜀 (Shǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province; one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province”.
Meanings
- 1short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province
- 2one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province
Related words
蜀葵hollyhock (Alcea rosea)玉蜀黍corn乐不思蜀indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)得陇望蜀lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized药蜀葵marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)乐蜀Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)巴山蜀水mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)巴蜀Sichuan秦岭蜀栈道the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan蜀国Sichuan蜀山区Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui蜀汉Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han