熟 (shú) – Word of the Day | Toronto Chinese Academy
Learn the Mandarin word “熟 (shú)” — meaning cooked, ripe, or familiar. Includes pinyin, English definitions, example sentences, and visually similar characters.
Simplified： 熟
Pinyin： shú
Traditional： 熟
cooked; ripe
familiar; skilled
Examples:
1,
饭已经熟了，可以开饭了。
The rice is already cooked; we can start eating.
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2,
我对这条路很熟。
I am very familiar with this road.
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3,
他熟练地操作电脑。
He operates the computer skillfully.
Visually Similar / Easily Confused Characters
At Toronto Chinese Academy, we point out that 熟 appears in both daily life contexts (food and ripeness) and abstract contexts (familiarity, skill). Students often meet this word in phrases like 熟悉 and 成熟.