随 (suí) means Follow (allow - go with). 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
大家 随 意坐吧。
Dàjiā suíyì zuò ba.
Everyone please sit wherever you like.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 随意
请别 随 便扔垃圾。
Qǐng bié suíbiàn rēng lājī.
Please do not litter carelessly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 随便
请 随 身带好行李。
Qǐng suíshēn dài hǎo xíngli.
Please keep your luggage with you.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 随身
有问题 随 时问我。
Yǒu wèntí suíshí wèn wǒ.
Ask me any time you have a question.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 随时
请不要 随 地吐痰。
Qǐng bùyào suídì tǔ tán.
Please do not spit on the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 吐
请 随 身携带证件。
Qǐng suíshēn xiédài zhèngjiàn.
Please carry your documents with you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 携带
他 随 身带着一本书。
Tā suíshēn dài zhe yì běn shū.
He carries a book with him.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 随身
禁止 随 意砍伐树木。
Jìnzhǐ suíyì kǎnfá shùmù.
Felling trees at will is forbidden.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 砍伐
我只是 随 口说说而已。
Wǒ zhǐshì suíkǒu shuōshuo éryǐ.
I was only saying it casually, that's all.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 而已
小狗一直跟 随 着主人。
Xiǎo gǒu yìzhí gēnsuízhe zhǔrén.
The little dog followed its owner the whole way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跟随
时间也不能 随 意挥霍。
Shíjiān yě bù néng suíyì huīhuò.
Time too must not be squandered at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挥霍
孩子在纸上 随 意涂抹。
Háizi zài zhǐ shang suíyì túmǒ.
The child scribbled freely on the paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 涂抹
他 随 手把书放在了桌上。
Tā suíshǒu bǎ shū fàng zài le zhuō shàng.
He casually put the book on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 随手
他跟 随 老师学了十年画。
Tā gēnsuí lǎoshī xué le shí nián huà.
He studied painting under his teacher for ten years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跟随
拘留期限不能 随 意延长。
Jūliú qīxiàn bù néng suíyì yáncháng.
The period of detention cannot be extended at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拘留
工厂不能 随 意排放污水。
Gōngchǎng bù néng suíyì páifàng wūshuǐ.
Factories may not discharge waste water at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 排放
这些数据不能 随 意修改。
Zhèxiē shùjù bù néng suíyì xiūgǎi.
This data may not be altered at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 随意
同事之间的称呼比较 随 便。
Tóngshì zhījiān de chēnghu bǐjiào suíbiàn.
The way colleagues address each other is fairly casual.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称呼
请 随 时向我汇报最新动态。
Qǐng suíshí xiàng wǒ huìbào zuì xīn dòngtài.
Please report the latest developments to me at any time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 动态
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From the travel phrasebook
我 随 意，您 随 便。
Wǒ suíyì, nín suíbiàn.
I'll sip; please do as you like.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
有问题 随 时联系我。
Yǒu wèntí suíshí liánxì wǒ.
Contact me any time if there's a question.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
随 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 随
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Questions about 随
How is 随 used in a sentence?
This page shows 34 sentences using 随 (suí, "Follow (allow - go with)"), 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 随 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 随 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 随?
The dictionary page for 随 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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