| 束 | shù | to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control; surname Shu |
| 束缚 | shù fù | to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters |
| 束手无策 | shù shǒu wú cè | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis |
| 束之高阁 | shù zhī gāo gé | tied up in a bundle on a high shelf; to put sth on the back burner; no longer a high priority |
| 束带 | shù dài | band; belt; loincloth; cummerbund |
| 束手 | shù shǒu | to have one's hands tied; helpless; unable to do anything about it |
| 束手就擒 | shù shǒu jiù qín | hands tied and waiting to be captured |
| 束手就毙 | shù shǒu jiù bì | hands tied and expecting the worst |
| 束手待毙 | shù shǒu dài bì | hands tied and waiting for death (idiom) |
| 束手待死 | shù shǒu dài sǐ | hands tied and expecting the worst |
| 束狭 | shù xiá | narrow (of waterway); a bottleneck |
| 束矢难折 | shù shǐ nán zhé | lit. bundled arrows are difficult to break; there is strength in unity (idiom) |
| 束紧 | shù jǐn | gird; tighten |
| 束脩 | shù xiū | payment for private tutor |
| 束腰 | shù yāo | girdle |
| 束衣 | shù yī | corset (clothing) |
| 束装 | shù zhuāng | to bundle up (one's possessions for a journey) |
| 束身 | shù shēn | to bind oneself; submission |
| 束发 | shù fà | to bind one's hair; headband |
