# 束缚 (shùfù): to bind | HSK 7-9 Vocabulary | HSKReady

Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/vocabulary/hsk-7-9/shufu-9183
Language: en
Content ID: hsk-7-9-9183
HSK levels: 7-9
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:53:41.179Z
Scope: approved public sample; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app.

Learn 束缚 (shùfù), HSK 7-9: to bind; to fetter; to shackle. Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English meaning.

# 束缚

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shùfù

to bind; to fetter; to shackle

HSK 7-9

## Pronunciation

shùfù

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## Example sentence

他被传统的观念束缚住了，无法自由地追求自己想要的生活。

tā bèi chuántǒng de guānniàn shùfù zhù le, wúfǎ zìyóu de zhuīqiú zìjǐ xiǎng yào de shēnghuó.

He is bound by traditional ideas and unable to freely pursue the life he wants.

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