| 紫苏属 |
zǐ sū shǔ |
genus Perilla (includes basil and mints) |
| 紫 |
zǐ |
purple / violet |
| 紫苏 |
zǐ sū |
beefsteak plant / shiso / Perilla frutescens |
| 苏 |
sū |
used in 噜苏 |
| 苏 |
sū |
variant of 苏 / to revive |
| 苏 |
Sū |
surname Su / abbr. for Soviet Union 苏维埃 or 苏联 / abbr. for Jiangsu 江苏 / abbr. for Suzhou 苏州 |
| 苏 |
sū |
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) / place name / to revive / used as phonetic in transliteration |
| 苏 |
sū |
old variant of 苏 |
| 属 |
shǔ |
category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute |
| 属 |
zhǔ |
to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on |