| 朽 | [ xiǔ ] rotten |
| 朽壞 | [ xiǔ ] rotten |
| 朽木 | [ xiǔ mù ] rotten wood |
| 朽爛 | [ xiǔ làn ] rotten |
| 朽蠹 | [ xiǔ dù ] to decay and be eaten by worms etc, to overhoard grain so that it rots |
| ⇒ 三不朽 | [ sān bù xiǔ ] the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]) |
| ⇒ 不朽 | [ bù xiǔ ] immortal, immortality |
| ⇒ 化腐朽為神奇 | [ huà fǔ xiǔ weí shén qí ] lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) |
| ⇒ 枯朽 | [ kū xiǔ ] withered and rotten |
| ⇒ 永垂不朽 | [ yǒng chuí bù xiǔ ] eternal glory, will never be forgotten |
| ⇒ 腐朽 | [ fǔ xiǔ ] rotten, decayed, decadent, degenerate |
| ⇒ 衰朽 | [ xiǔ ] decaying, decrepit, aged and crumbling |
| ⇒ 頹朽 | [ tuí xiǔ ] decaying, rotten, decrepit |
