属[shǔ]

名

1. category

♦ 金属

2.生genus

♦ 小麦和燕麦是同科的, 但不同~。 Wheat and oats are of the same family, but of different genera.

3. family members; dependants

♦ 军属

动

1. be under; be subordinate to

♦ 这些厂~地方领导。 These factories are run by the local authorities.

♦ 所~单位和部门 subordinate units and departments

2. belong to

♦ 我们两国同~第三世界。 Both our countries belong to the Third World.

3. be

♦ 查明~实 prove to be true after investigation

♦ 实~无理 be really unreasonable

4. be born in the year of (one of the 12 symbolic animals associated with a 12-year cycle)

♦ 她比我小一岁, 是~牛的。 She is one year younger than I am; she was born in the year of the ox.

另见 zhǔ

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属[zhǔ]
动

1. 书 join; combine

♦ ~文 compose a piece of prose writing

2. fix (one's mind) on; centre (one's attention, etc.) upon

♦ 属望

另见 shǔ