# 隨

| 隨 | U+96A8, &#38568; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96A8 |
| ← 隧 [U+96A7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 隩 → [U+96A9] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 随 |
| Simplified | 随 |
| Traditional | 隨 |

### Han character

隨 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜大月 (NLYKB), four-corner 7423$_2$, composition ⿰阝遀)

#### Derived characters

* 𡃴, 𫲙, 瀡, 𤢩, 㰐, 瓍, 𦢪, 𨯝, 𩪷, 𧁼, 𥶻, 𡓗, 𭗱

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1361, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41871
* Dae Jaweon: page 1864, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4156, character 17
* Unihan data for U+96A8

## Chinese

* 隨 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 隨 (Cantonese)
* Sûi-koān (Southern Min)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 隨 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鬌 | *ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol |
| 隋 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol |
| 墮 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol |
| 媠 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls |
| 橢 | *l̥ʰoːlʔ |
| 嫷 | *l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ |
| 毻 | *l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds |
| 堶 | *l'oːl |
| 憜 | *l'oːlʔ |
| 惰 | *l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls |
| 嶞 | *l'oːlʔ |
| 髓 | *slolʔ |
| 瀡 | *slolʔ, *slols |
| 隨 | *ljol |
| 隓 | *hlol |
| 隳 | *hlol |
| 撱 | *lolʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljol): semantic 辵 (“walking”) + abbreviated phonetic 𡐦

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suí (sui$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sùi
    (Hailu, HRS): sui
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): sùi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sui$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sûi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sui$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suí
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suéi
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^2$
*** Yale: swéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swei
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sui$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: sui
*** Sinological IPA: /sui⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sùi
*** Sinological IPA : /sui⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sui$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: súi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬui¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines, Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûi
*** Tâi-lô: suî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Philippines): /sui²⁴/
*** IPA (Longyan): /sui¹¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sui$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sûi
*** Sinological IPA : /sui⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zoe
*** MiniDict: zoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
* Middle Chinese: zjwe
Rime :
| Character | 隨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (12) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 旬爲切 |
| Baxter | zjwe |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziuᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /zʷiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /zjuɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zwiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ziue/ |
| Wang Li | /zǐwe/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zwie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | suí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.loj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljol/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 隨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | suí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjwe › |
| Old Chinese | /*sə.loj/ |
| English | follow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 隨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5436 |
| Phonetic component | 隓 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隨 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljol/ |

### Definitions

隨
* to follow
* to listen to; to submit
* to accompany
* (Northern Mandarin, of a person) to resemble (a parent in appearance or disposition)
       Zhè háizi píqi suí tā yéye. [Pinyin]
       This boy’s bad temper is just like his grandfather’s.
* (colloquial) to chip in by giving one's portion of gift money, payment, red packet, etc. (e.g. when others get married)
* incidentally; conveniently; in passing
* (Hokkien) immediately; at once
* to allow; to let somebody do as he or she pleases
* 17th hexagram of the I Ching; "following"
* (～縣) Sui (a county of Suizhou, Hubei, China)
* a surname, Sui

#### Synonyms

* (to follow):
* 尾隨 / 尾随 (wěisuí)
* 接著 / 接着 (jiēzhe)
* 步 (bù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 跈 (Hakka, literary)
* 跈等 (Hakka)
* 跟從 / 跟从 (gēncóng)
* 跟綴 / 跟缀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 跟著 / 跟着 (gēnzhe)
* 跟隨 / 跟随 (gēnsuí)
* 追隨 / 追随 (zhuīsuí)
* (to listen to):
* 依從 / 依从 (yīcóng)
* 就 (jiù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 服
* 服從 / 服从 (fúcóng)
* 歸附 / 归附 (guīfù)
* 聽從 / 听从 (tīngcóng)
* 聽話 / 听话 (tīnghuà)
* 訓 / 训 (xùn) (literary)
* 賓服 / 宾服 (bīnfú) (literary)
* 順 / 顺 (shùn)
* 順從 / 顺从 (shùncóng)
* 順趁 / 顺趁 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* (to resemble):
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 嫌 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
* 接近 (jiējìn)
* 相仿 (xiāngfǎng)
* 相似 (xiāngsì)
* 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
* 相若 (xiāngruò)
* 相近 (xiāngjìn)
* 相類 / 相类 (xiānglèi)
* 近似 (jìnsì)
* 逼肖 (bīxiào) (literary, to bear a close resemblance to)
* 雷同 (léitóng)
* 類似 / 类似 (lèisì)
* 類同 / 类同 (lèitóng)
* (incidentally):
* 乘便 (chéngbiàn)
* 就手 (jiùshǒu)
* 捎帶 / 捎带 (shāodài)
* 捎帶腳 / 捎带脚 (shāodàijiǎo) (colloquial)
* 趁便 (chènbiàn)
* 趁手 (chènshǒu) (regional)
* 跇帶 / 跇带 (tié-dái) (Eastern Min)
* 連勢 / 连势 (lièng-sié) (Eastern Min)
* 連帶 / 连带 (liándài)
* 附帶 / 附带 (fùdài)
* 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
* 順便 / 顺便 (shùnbiàn)
* 順勢 / 顺势 (shùnshì)
* 順帶 / 顺带 (shùndài)
* 順帶便 / 顺带便 ($^6$zen-ta-bi) (Wu)
* 順手 / 顺手 (shùnshǒu)
* 順紲 / 顺绁 (sūn-sòa) (Hokkien)
* (immediately):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 馬上, 立刻, 立即, 即時, 即刻, 隨即, 迅即, 立時, 當下, 當即, 登時, 頓時, 眼看 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 馬上, 立時刻, 立馬兒, 跟時, 跟手兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 馬上, 立刻亮兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 馬上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 馬上, 立刻 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬上, 馬上馬, 立刻, 立馬追即 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 跟著, 馬上, 眼看著 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 眼看, 當下, 說聲兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 馬上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 眼看 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 馬上馬, 馬展, 馬時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 馬上, 眼看 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 馬上, 立馬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 馬上, 跟倒, 跟即, 立時, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 馬上, 接身, 眼看 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 馬上, 立馬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 馬上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 馬即, 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 馬上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 即刻, 即時, 登時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 即刻, 立即, 即時, 當堂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 即刻, 當下 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 即午, 馬上 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 跟手 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 即刻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 馬上, 仰上 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 即刻, 即時, 馬上, 黏時, 力曆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 馬上 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黏時, 黏皮, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 黏皮, 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 黏時, 跈緊, 跈核, 登時, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 黏時, 跈等, 馬上 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 黏時, 隨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 當時 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 即刻 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 馬上 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 馬上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 跟手, 立馬, 立時三刻 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 眼看 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 馬上 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 此刻, 馬上, 連刻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 連鞭, 隨, 隨時, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 隨煞, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 連鞭, 隨, 現煞, 馬上, 煞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 連鞭, 隨, 即時, 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 隨, 隨隨, 隨時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 隨時, 馬上, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 隨時, 靈時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 馬上 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 當下, 即時 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 即刻, 登場 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 馬上, 即刻 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 馬上, 即刻, 隨即, 立刻, 立時, 頓時, 歇歇, 立時三刻, 臨時豁腳, 立馬造橋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 眼看 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 馬上 |
| Wu | Danyang | 跟手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 立馬兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 隨手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 馬上, 馬上馬, 隨手, 肇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 馬上 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 馬上, 𪐀噠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 馬下 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 馬上 |
* (to allow):
* 任憑 / 任凭 (rènpíng)
* 坐視 / 坐视 (zuòshì)
* 眼看 (yǎnkàn)
* 聽任 / 听任 (tīngrèn)
* 聽憑 / 听凭 (tīngpíng)

#### Descendants

* → English: Sui

### Compounds

* 伴隨 / 伴随 (bànsuí)
* 依隨 / 依随 (yīsuí)
* 倡隨 / 倡随
* 偎隨 / 偎随
* 尾隨 / 尾随 (wěisuí)
* 相隨 / 相随 (xiāngsuí)
* 肩隨 / 肩随
* 親隨 / 亲随 (qīnsuí)
* 詭隨 / 诡随
* 跟隨 / 跟随 (gēnsuí)
* 追隨 / 追随 (zhuīsuí)
* 逶隨 / 逶随
* 長隨 / 长随
* 隨之而後 / 随之而后
* 隨事 / 随事
* 隨侍 / 随侍
* 隨俗 / 随俗
* 隨信 / 随信
* 隨便 / 随便 (suíbiàn)
* 隨信附上 / 随信附上
* 隨兕 / 随兕
* 隨分 / 随分
* 隨即 / 随即 (suíjí)
* 隨口 / 随口 (suíkǒu)
* 隨口胡謅 / 随口胡诌
* 隨同 / 随同 (suítóng)
* 隨和 / 随和
* 隨員 / 随员 (suíyuán)
* 隨喜 / 随喜 (suíxǐ)
* 隨園 / 随园
* 隨地 / 随地 (suídì)
* 隨坐 / 随坐
* 隨大流 / 随大流 (suídàliú)
* 隨宜 / 随宜
* 隨封 / 随封
* 隨州 / 随州 (Suízhōu)
* 隨帶 / 随带
* 隨常 / 随常 (suícháng)
* 隨後 / 随后 (suíhòu)
* 隨從 / 随从
* 隨心 / 随心 (suíxīn)
* 隨心所欲 / 随心所欲 (suíxīnsuǒyù)
* 隨意 / 随意 (suíyì)
* 隨手 / 随手 (suíshǒu)
* 隨時 / 随时 (suíshí)
* 隨時待命 / 随时待命
* 隨時隨地 / 随时随地 (suíshísuídì)
* 隨機 / 随机 (suíjī)
* 隨機存取 / 随机存取
* 隨機存取存儲器 / 随机存取存储器
* 隨機存取記憶體 / 随机存取记忆体
* 隨機性 / 随机性 (suíjīxìng)
* 隨機應變 / 随机应变 (suíjīyìngbiàn)
* 隨機效應 / 随机效应
* 隨機數 / 随机数 (suíjīshù)
* 隨機時間 / 随机时间
* 隨次 / 随次
* 隨波 / 随波
* 隨波逐流 / 随波逐流 (suíbōzhúliú)
* 隨波遜流 / 随波逊流
* 隨直 / 随直
* 隨筆 / 随笔 (suíbǐ)
* 隨緣 / 随缘 (suíyuán)
* 隨縣 / 随县
* 隨群 / 随群
* 隨聲附和 / 随声附和 (suíshēngfùhè)
* 隨興 / 随兴 (suíxìng)
* 隨著 / 随着 (suízhe)
* 隨葬 / 随葬 (suízàng)
* 隨葬品 / 随葬品 (suízàngpǐn)
* 隨處 / 随处 (suíchù)
* 隨行 / 随行 (suíxíng)
* 隨行人員 / 随行人员
* 隨趁 / 随趁
* 隨身 / 随身 (suíshēn)
* 隨身碟 / 随身碟 (suíshēndié)
* 隨身聽 / 随身听 (suíshēntīng)
* 隨軒 / 随轩
* 隨輩 / 随辈
* 隨逮 / 随逮
* 隨遇而安 / 随遇而安 (suíyù'ér'ān)
* 隨邪 / 随邪
* 隨鑾 / 随銮
* 隨順 / 随顺
* 隨類 / 随类
* 隨風 / 随风
* 隨風倒 / 随风倒
* 隨風倒柳 / 随风倒柳
* 隨風倒舵 / 随风倒舵

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 随 |
| Kyūjitai | 隨 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 随)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ずい (zui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui)
* Kun: したがう (shitagau, 隨う)、まにま (manima)

## Korean
### Hanja

隨 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

隨: Hán Nôm readings: tùy/tuỳ, tòe/toè, xòe/xoè

### Adverb

隨
* chữ Hán form of tùy/tuỳ.
** according to (in proportion)
** depending on

#### Derived terms

* 隨時 (tùy thời/tuỳ thời)