| 疏 | shū | to dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin; sparse; scanty; distant (relation); not close; to neglect; negligent; to present a memorial to the Emperor; commentary; annotation; surname Shu |
| 疏松 | shū sōng | to loosen |
| 稀疏 | xī shū | sparse; infrequent; thinly spread |
| 疏忽 | shū hu | to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness |
| 疏散 | shū sàn | to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; to relax |
| 疏远 | shū yuǎn | to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement |
| 疏浚 | shū jùn | to dredge |
| 生疏 | shēng shū | unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed |
| 上疏 | shàng shū | (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old) |
| 仗义疏财 | zhàng yì shū cái | to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy |
天网恢恢，
疏而不失 | tiān wǎng huī huī ,
shū ér bù shī | Heaven's net is wide meshed, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73). |
天网灰灰，
疏而不漏 | tiān wǎng huī huī ,
shū ér bù lòu | The net of heaven is wide, but no-one escapes. |
| 才疏学浅 | cái shū xué qiǎn | (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... |
法网灰灰，
疏而不漏 | fǎ wǎng huī huī ,
shū ér bù lòu | The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes. |
| 疏不见亲 | shū bù jiàn qīn | lit. casual aquaintances should not come between relatives; blood is thicker than water (idiom) |
| 疏剪 | shū jiǎn | to prune |
| 疏勒 | Shū lè | Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar; Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 疏勒国 | Shū lè guó | Shule, oasis state in central Asia (near modern Kashgar) at different historical periods |
| 疏勒县 | Shū lè xiàn | Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 疏失 | shū shī | to make a (careless) mistake; oversight |
| 疏导 | shū dǎo | to dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions; to clear the way; to enlighten; persuasion |
| 疏忽大意 | shū hu dà yì | oversight; negligence; careless; negligent; not concentrating on the main point |
| 疏忽职守 | shū hū zhí shǒu | to neglect one's duties |
| 疏挖 | shū wā | to dredge; to dig out (a channel) |
| 疏放 | shū fàng | eccentric; self-indulgent; free and unconventional (written style); unbuttoned |
| 疏散措施 | shū sàn cuò shī | evacuation; measures to evacuate a building in an emergency |
| 疏于防范 | shū yú fáng fàn | to neglect to take precautions; relaxed vigilance |
| 疏水箪瓢 | shū shuǐ dān piáo | little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom) |
| 疏淡 | shū dàn | sparse; thin; distant |
| 疏漏 | shū lòu | to slip; to overlook by negligence; careless omission; oversight |
| 疏狂 | shū kuáng | uninhibited; unrestrained; unbridled |
| 疏率 | shū shuài | careless and rash; heedless |
| 疏理 | shū lǐ | to clarify (disparate material into a coherent narrative); to marshal an argument |
| 疏略 | shū lüè | negligence; to neglect inadvertently |
| 疏疏 | shū shū | sparse; blurred; old for 楚楚; neat; lovely |
| 疏而不漏 | shū ér bù lòu | loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape |
| 疏肝理气 | shū gān lǐ qì | to course the liver and rectify [qi4] (traditional Chinese medicine) |
| 疏落 | shū luò | sparse; scattered |
| 疏解 | shū jiě | to mediate; to mitigate; to ease; to relieve |
| 疏财仗义 | shū cái zhàng yì | distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy |
| 疏财重义 | shū cái zhòng yì | distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause |
| 疏开 | shū kāi | to disperse |
| 疏阔 | shū kuò | inaccurate; slipshod; poorly thought-out; distant; vague; long-separated; broadly scattered |
| 疏附 | Shū fù | Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 疏附县 | Shū fù xiàn | Shufu county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 疏离 | shū lí | to become alienated; estranged; alienation; disaffection; set wide apart |
| 空疏 | kōng shū | shallow; empty |
| 粗疏 | cū shū | coarse; rough |
| 紧急疏散 | jǐn jí shū sàn | emergency evacuation |
| 荒疏 | huāng shū | to be out of practice; rusty |
