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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cì | ci4
English translation
to wait on
to serve, to wait upon, to attend; to examine
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sì | si4
English translation
to watch
to wait
to examine
to spy

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻司

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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里基 shì 非常 fēicháng nán 伺候 cìhòu de 孩子 háizi

Ricky was a very demanding child.

yóu 穿 chuān zhāo 华丽 huálì 制服 zhìfú 头戴扑粉假发 jiǎ fà de 仆人 pú rén men 伺候 cìhòu 着。

She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
伺候 cìhòu to serve伺候 cìhòu
伺机 sì jī to wait for an opportunity伺機
to wait on
伺服 sì fú computer server伺服 sì fú
窥伺 kuī sì to spy upon窺伺
伺隙 sì xì to wait for the opportunity伺隙 sì xì
观衅伺隙 guān xìn sì xì to look for the Achilles' heel觀釁伺隙

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Decomposition

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