套
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to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 大 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 套
- Common rank
- #613
- Unicode
- U+5957
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
cover · Heisig RSH #1498
St. Bernard dog + staples + wall
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 套
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 套中人 | a conservative | |
| 有一套 | to have a skill; to be savvy; to know how to do sth | |
| 白手套 | white glove; (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations; proxy who acts on behalf of an o… | |
| 老套子 | old methods; old habits | |
| 老一套 | the same old stuff | |
| 指数套利 | index arbitrage | |
| 套利者 | arbitrager | |
| 安全套 | condom; CL:隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 话里套话 | to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information; to touch … | |
| 三件套式西装 | three-piece suit | |
| 套交情 | to try to gain sb's friendship | |
| 套子 | sheath; case; cover; conventional method; cliché; trick; (coll.) condom | |
| 一套 | suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior | |
| 如意套 | (dialect) condom | |
| 套头 | (of a garment) designed to be put on by pulling it over one's head (like a sweater or T-sh… | |
| 头套 | actor's headgear; wig; head covering | |
| 连指手套 | mittens | |
| 套儿 | (coll.) loop of rope; noose; scheme; ploy; condom | |
| 套马 | to harness a horse; to lasso a horse | |
| 手套 | glove; mitten; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |