熟 (shú) means Ripe (cooked - familiar - skilled). Below are 15 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他的技术很 熟 练。
Tā de jìshù hěn shúliàn.
His technique is very practised.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熟练
他 熟 悉这里的情况。
Tā shúxī zhèlǐ de qíngkuàng.
He is familiar with the situation here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 熟悉
这些苹果还没成 熟 。
Zhèxiē píngguǒ hái méi chéngshú.
These apples are not ripe yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成熟
多练几次就 熟 练了。
Duō liàn jǐ cì jiù shúliàn le.
A few more goes and you will be proficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 熟练
我对这个地方很 熟 悉。
Wǒ duì zhège dìfang hěn shúxī.
I know this place very well.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 熟悉
他比同龄人成 熟 得多。
Tā bǐ tónglíng rén chéngshú de duō.
He is much more mature than others his age.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成熟
他能 熟 练运用这个方法。
Tā néng shúliàn yùnyòng zhège fāngfǎ.
He can apply this method skilfully.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 运用
熟 透的果子坠到了地上。
Shú tòu de guǒzi zhuì dào le dì shang.
The over-ripe fruit dropped to the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坠
这次挫折让他成 熟 了不少。
Zhè cì cuòzhé ràng tā chéngshú le bù shǎo.
This setback has made him considerably more mature.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挫折
工人 熟 练地操纵着这台大机器。
Gōngrén shúliàn de cāozòngzhe zhè tái dà jīqì.
The worker operated this big machine with practised skill.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 操纵
每位员工都要 熟 悉公司的规章。
Měi wèi yuángōng dōu yào shúxī gōngsī de guīzhāng.
Every employee must be familiar with the company's regulations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 规章
他不 熟 悉情况，况且身体也不好。
Tā bù shúxī qíngkuàng, kuàngqiě shēntǐ yě bù hǎo.
He is unfamiliar with the situation, and moreover he is not well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 况且
起初大家都不 熟 ，后来慢慢就好了。
Qǐchū dàjiā dōu bù shú, hòulái mànmàn jiù hǎo le.
At first nobody knew each other, but it gradually got better.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起初
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From the graded readers
我站在那里，觉得又 熟 悉又陌生。
wǒ zhàn zài nàli, juéde yòu shúxī yòu mòshēng.
I stood there feeling that it was both familiar and strange.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
Words that contain 熟
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 熟
How is 熟 used in a sentence?
This page shows 15 sentences using 熟 (shú, "Ripe (cooked - familiar - skilled)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 熟 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 熟 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 熟?
The dictionary page for 熟 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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