Usage of the character 蜀
Shǔ
蜀
[蜀]
- short name for Sichuan 四川 ( Sìchuān) province
- one of the Three Kingdoms 三國／三国 ( Sānguó) after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢／蜀汉 ( Shǔ Hàn), situated around what is now Sichuan province
Shǔxiàng
蜀相
[蜀相]
- the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮／诸葛亮 ( Zhūgě Liàng))
Bāshǔ
巴蜀
[巴蜀]
- Sichuan
- originally two provinces of Qin and Han
Lèshǔ
乐蜀
[樂蜀]
- Luxor, city in Egypt (Cantonese transliteration)
Shǔ Hàn
蜀汉
[蜀漢]
- Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
shǔkuí
蜀葵
[蜀葵]
- hollyhock (Alcea rosea)
Shǔshān
蜀山
[蜀山]
- Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市 ( Héféi Shì), Anhui
Shǔjǐn
蜀锦
[蜀錦]
- brocade from Sichuan
Shǔguó
蜀国
[蜀國]
- Sichuan
- the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods
- the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備／刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
Shǔxiù
蜀绣
[蜀繡]
- Sichuan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡／苏绣 ( Sūxiù), 湘繡／湘绣 ( Xiāngxiù) and 粵繡／粤绣 ( Yuèxiù))
Shǔshān Qū
蜀山区
[蜀山區]
- Shushan, a district of Hefei City 合肥市 ( Héféi Shì), Anhui
yùshǔshǔ
玉蜀黍
[玉蜀黍]
- corn
yàoshǔkuí
药蜀葵
[藥蜀葵]
- marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
guàishǔshǔ
怪蜀黍
[怪蜀黍]
- see 怪叔叔 (guàishūshu)
Bāshān Shǔshuǐ
巴山蜀水
[巴山蜀水]
- mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
dé Lǒngwàng Shǔ
得陇望蜀
[得隴望蜀]
- lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized
- fig. endless greed
- insatiable desire
Shǔquǎnfèirì
蜀犬吠日
[蜀犬吠日]
- lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things
- alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
lèbùsī Shǔ
乐不思蜀
[樂不思蜀]
- indulge in pleasure and forget home and duty (idiom)
Qínlǐngshǔzhàndào
秦岭蜀栈道
[秦嶺蜀棧道]
- the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan