恤
xù
Description
“恤”这个字有点旧，常常用在“抚恤”“体恤”这样的词里，表示同情或帮助别人。
The character "恤" is somewhat old-fashioned and is often used in words like "抚恤" and "体恤," meaning to sympathize with or help others.
在“T恤”里，它只是用来写英文T-shirt的声音，和它本来的意思没关系。
In "T恤," it just represents the sound of the English word T-shirt and has nothing to do with its original meaning.
Meanings
恤xù
to sympathize with and help; show pity
政府应该体恤穷人的困难。
The government should sympathize with the difficulties of the poor.
T恤T xù
used in 恤衫/T恤, meaning shirt (transliteration)
他今天穿了一件白色的T恤。
He wore a white T-shirt today.
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Notes
- Nuance
恤 rarely stands alone; it appears in compounds like 体恤, 抚恤, or the loanword T恤.
- Etymology
in T恤/恤衫 it is a Cantonese-based transliteration of English 'shirt', unrelated to the 'pity' sense.
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