| 熟 | shú | cooked (of food); ripe (of fruit); mature (of seeds); familiar; skilled; done |
| 成熟 | chéng shú | mature; ripe; Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2] |
| 熟悉 | shú xī | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 熟练 | shú liàn | practiced; proficient; skilled; skillful |
| 早熟 | zǎo shú | precocious; early-maturing |
| 熟人 | shú rén | acquaintance; friend |
| 熟知 | shú zhī | to be well acquainted with |
| 熟铁 | shú tiě | wrought iron |
| 深思熟虑 | shēn sī shú lǜ | mature reflection; after careful deliberations |
| 熟习 | shú xí | to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack |
| 熟化 | shú huà | to cure; to mature |
| 熟料 | shú liào | worked material; chamotte (refractory ceramic material) |
| 熟读 | shú dú | to read and re-read sth until one is familiar with it |
| 熟 | shóu | see 熟 |
一回生，
二回熟 | yī huí shēng ,
èr huí shú | lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers at first meeting, but soon friends; awkward at first but becoming skillful later; an acquired taste |
一次生，
两次熟 | yī cì shēng ,
liǎng cì shú | unfamiliar at first but you get used to it; strangers are first meeting, but soon friends; an acquired taste |
| 三分熟 | sān fēn shú | cooked three minutes; rare (of steak) |
| 不成熟 | bù chéng shú | unripe; immature |
| 五分熟 | wǔ fēn shú | cooked five minutes; medium (of steak) |
| 人生路不熟 | rén shēng lù bù shú | everything is unfamiliar |
人非生而知之者，
熟能无惑 | rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě ,
shú néng wú huò | Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?; We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韩愈) |
| 催熟 | cuī shú | to promote ripening of fruit |
| 全熟 | quán shú | thoroughly cooked; well done (of steak) |
| 半熟练 | bàn shú liàn | semi-skilled |
| 娴熟 | xián shú | adept; skilled |
| 常熟 | Cháng shú | Changshu county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 常熟市 | Cháng shóu shì | Changshou county level city in Suzhou 苏州, Jiangsu |
| 厮熟 | sī shú | familiar with one another |
| 性成熟 | xìng chéng shú | sexual maturity |
| 成熟分裂 | chéng shú fēn liè | meiosis (in sexual reproduction) |
| 未熟 | wèi shú | unripe |
| 杀熟 | shā shú | to swindle associates, friends or relatives |
| 混熟 | hùn shóu | to get familiar with |
| 滚瓜烂熟 | gǔn guā làn shú | lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently; to know sth inside-out; to know sth by heart |
| 煮熟 | zhǔ shóu | boil |
| 熟人熟事 | shú rén shú shì | familiar |
| 熟地 | shú dì | cultivated land; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) |
| 熟女 | shú nǚ | mature and sophisticated woman |
| 熟字 | shú zì | familiar words; known Chinese character |
| 熟客 | shú kè | frequent visitor |
| 熟思 | shú sī | deliberation |
| 熟虑 | shú lǜ | careful thought |
| 熟手 | shú shǒu | skilled person; an experienced hand |
| 熟无熟手 | shú wú shú shǒu | not to notice a familiar sight; blind to sth |
| 熟睡 | shú shuì | asleep; sleeping soundly |
| 熟石灰 | shú shí huī | slaked lime; hydrated lime |
| 熟石膏 | shú shí gāo | plaster of Paris; calcined gypsum |
| 熟稔 | shú rěn | quite familiar with sth |
| 熟丝 | shú sī | silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap) |
| 熟能生巧 | shú néng shēng qiǎo | with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect |
