順

shùn

obey, submit to, go along with

How to write 順, stroke by stroke

to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable

Pictophonetic: semantic 頁 (head), phonetic 川

Made of 川 + 頁

順利shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch
順便shùn biànconveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
順序shùn xùsequence; order
順著shùn zheto follow; following; along
順從shùn cóngobedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
不順bù shùnunfavorable; adverse
順路shùn lùby the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently
順道shùn dàoon the way
順眼shùn yǎnpleasing to the eye; nice to look at
溫順wēn shùndocile; meek
孝順xiào shùnfilial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety
順手shùn shǒuas an incidental action while doing sth else; while one is at it; in passing; smooth; easy; without difficulty

我會在回家路上順便去你家。
wǒ huì zài huí jiā lù shang shùn biàn qù nǐ jiā 。
I'll stop by your place on my way home.
你回家途中順道來看看我吧。
nǐ huí jiā tú zhōng shùn dào lái kàn kàn wǒ ba 。
Please drop in at my house on your way home.
直至目前為止一切都很順利。
zhí zhì mù qián wéi zhǐ yí qiè dōu hěn shùn lì 。
So far everything has been going well.
你能把這清單按字母順序排列嗎？
nǐ néng bǎ zhè qīng dān àn zì mǔ shùn xù pái liè má ？
Could you rearrange this list so it's in alphabetical order?
多虧了順風，我們很快就到了那個小島。
duō kuī le shùn fēng ， wǒ mén hěn kuài jiù dào le nà gè xiǎo dǎo 。
Thanks to the favorable wind, we soon reached the island.