树 (shù) means Tree. Below are 24 of the 56 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
公园里的 树 很高。
Gōngyuán lǐ de shù hěn gāo.
The trees in the park are very tall.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 树
树 上有两只鸟。
Shù shàng yǒu liǎng zhī niǎo.
There are two birds in the tree.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 鸟
春天的 树 都绿了。
Chūntiān de shù dōu lǜ le.
In spring the trees all turn green.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 绿
院子里有两棵 树 。
Yuànzi lǐ yǒu liǎng kē shù.
There are two trees in the yard.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 棵
河的两岸都是 树 。
Hé de liǎng àn dōu shì shù.
Both banks of the river are lined with trees.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 岸
这棵 树 的根很深。
Zhè kē shù de gēn hěn shēn.
The roots of this tree go deep.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 根
水里有 树 的影子。
Shuǐ lǐ yǒu shù de yǐngzi.
The reflection of the tree is in the water.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 影子
河畔长满了柳 树 。
Hé pàn zhǎng mǎn le liǔshù.
Willows grow all along the riverbank.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 畔
树 上有一个鸟窝。
Shù shang yǒu yí ge niǎo wō.
There is a bird's nest in the tree.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 窝
树 枝在风中摇摆。
Shùzhī zài fēng zhōng yáobǎi.
The branches sway in the wind.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摇摆
秋天 树 叶纷纷落下。
Qiūtiān shùyè fēnfēn luò xià.
In autumn the leaves fall one after another.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 纷纷
猴子爬 树 爬得很快。
Hóuzi pá shù pá de hěn kuài.
Monkeys climb trees very fast.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 猴子
这种 树 生长得很快。
Zhè zhǒng shù shēngzhǎng de hěn kuài.
This kind of tree grows quickly.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 生长
风把 树 枝摇得很响。
Fēng bǎ shùzhī yáo de hěn xiǎng.
The wind shook the branches noisily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 摇
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From the graded readers
窗户外边有一棵 树 ,上边常常有鸟。
chuāng hùwài biān yǒu yī kē shù, shàng biān chángcháng yǒu niǎo.
Outside the window there's a tree, and there are often birds in it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
门前的那棵 树 比我记得的大了很多。
ménqián de / dì nà / nèi kē shù bǐ wǒ jìde de / dì dà le / liǎo / liào hěnduō.
The tree in front of the door was much bigger than I remembered.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
照片上有四个年轻人,站在一棵大 树 下面。
zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.
There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
树 appears in 56 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 树
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 树
How is 树 used in a sentence?
This page shows 56 sentences using 树 (shù, "Tree"), 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 树 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 树 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 树 an HSK word?
Yes — 树 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 树?
The dictionary page for 树 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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