续 (xù) means Continue (replenish). Below are 24 of the 34 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
气温将持 续 下降。
Qìwēn jiāng chíxù xiàjiàng.
The temperature will continue to fall.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 持续
成绩会陆 续 公布。
Chéngjì huì lùxù gōngbù.
The results will be announced in stages.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 陆续
手 续 已经办完了。
Shǒuxù yǐjīng bàn wán le.
The procedures have been completed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手续
请继 续 说，我在听。
Qǐng jìxù shuō, wǒ zài tīng.
Please go on, I am listening.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 继续
请按程序办理手 续 。
Qǐng àn chéngxù bànlǐ shǒuxù.
Please complete the formalities according to procedure.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 程序
这场雨持 续 了三天。
Zhè chǎng yǔ chíxù le sān tiān.
This rain lasted three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 持续
办手 续 要出示证件。
Bàn shǒuxù yào chūshì zhèngjiàn.
You must show identification to complete the formalities.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 证件
近来物价持 续 高涨。
Jìnlái wùjià chíxù gāozhǎng.
Prices have continued to climb of late.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 高涨
公司连 续 两年亏损。
Gōngsī liánxù liǎng nián kuīsǔn.
The company has made a loss for two years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
他有合法的居留手 续 。
Tā yǒu héfǎ de jūliú shǒuxù.
He has legal residence papers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合法
这里连 续 下了三天雨。
Zhèlǐ liánxù xià le sān tiān yǔ.
It rained here three days running.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 连续
办手 续 需要一个小时。
Bàn shǒuxù xūyào yí ge xiǎoshí.
The formalities take an hour.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手续
这本书连 续 三年畅销。
Zhè běn shū liánxù sān nián chàngxiāo.
This book has been a bestseller for three years running.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 畅销
手 续 已经大大简化了。
Shǒuxù yǐjīng dàdà jiǎnhuà le.
The formalities have been greatly simplified.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 简化
好的势头要延 续 下去。
Hǎo de shìtóu yào yánxù xiàqù.
The good momentum must be kept going.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 延续
那场战斗持 续 了三天。
Nà chǎng zhàndòu chíxù le sān tiān.
That battle lasted three days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战斗
雨停了，我们继 续 走吧。
Yǔ tíng le, wǒmen jìxù zǒu ba.
The rain has stopped; let us carry on walking.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 继续
他连 续 工作了十个小时。
Tā liánxù gōngzuò le shí ge xiǎoshí.
He worked ten hours in a row.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 连续
竞选活动持 续 了一个月。
Jìngxuǎn huódòng chíxù le yí ge yuè.
The election campaign lasted a month.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 竞选
老师勉励我们继 续 努力。
Lǎoshī miǎnlì wǒmen jìxù nǔlì.
The teacher encouraged us to keep working hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 勉励
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From the graded readers
回到家还要继 续 做，常常两点才睡。
huídào jiā háiyāo jìxù zuò, chángcháng liǎng diǎn cái shuì.
I'd carry on at home and often didn't get to bed until two.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
From the travel phrasebook
我们想继 续 合作。
Wǒmen xiǎng jìxù hézuò.
We want to keep working together.
Travel phrasebook · Quality problems and claims
续 appears in 34 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 续
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Questions about 续
How is 续 used in a sentence?
This page shows 34 sentences using 续 (xù, "Continue (replenish)"), 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 续 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 续 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 续?
The dictionary page for 续 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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