酥

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flaky pastry; crunchy; limp; soft; silky

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

禾 meaning “grain” + 酉 sound ( yǒu )

Components 酉禾

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
酥油花	sū yóu huā	butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
耶酥会士	Yē sū huì shì	a Jesuit
酥松油脂	sū sōng yóu zhī	shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)
酥油茶	sū yóu chá	butter tea (Tibetan, Mongolian etc drink derived from milk)
盐酥鸡	yán sū jī	Taiwan-style popcorn chicken
蛋奶酥	dàn nǎi sū	soufflé
耶酥会	Yē sū huì	the Society of Jesus; the Jesuits
酥油	sū yóu	butter
香酥	xiāng sū	crisp-fried
酥麻	sū má	limp and numb (of limbs)
酥松	sū sōng	loose (soil, or limbs of a relaxed person etc); flaky (pastry etc)
咸酥鸡	xián sū jī	see 鹽酥雞\|盐酥鸡[yan2 su1 ji1]
酥软	sū ruǎn	weak (of body or limbs); limp; gone soft
奶酥	nǎi sū	butter biscuit; butter bun
凤梨酥	fèng lí sū	pineapple cake, traditional Taiwanese sweet pastry
耶酥	Yē sū	variant of 耶穌\|耶稣[Ye1 su1]
酥酪	sū lào	yogurt; curd cheese
蝴蝶酥	hú dié sū	crispy short-crust pastry; mille-feuilles
酥脆	sū cuì	crisp (of food)
牛脷酥	niú lì sū	ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue