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shǐ

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shǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǐ | shi3
English translation
to gallop
speedily
to proceed to
to pilot (ship, plane etc)
to sail
to drive, to pilot, to ride; fast, quick

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About shǐ

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shǐ

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

horse

Etymology of shǐ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

马史

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Shǐ represents the sound. Simplified form of shǐ .

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Example sentences using shǐ

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快艇 kuài tǐng xié shǐ ér Guò .

The yacht heeled over.

zhè liè 火车 huǒ chē zài 约克 Yuē kè shì 调动 diàodòng 车厢 chēxiāng 分途行驶 xíng shǐ .

The train divides at York.

我们 wǒmen diǎn le 驶过 de 货车 huò chē 车厢 chēxiāng jiē shǔ .

We counted the cars of the passing freight train.

qiē Chē shǐ jìn yǒu 不得 bù dé 进入 jìn rù 标示 biāo shì de 街道 jiēdào .

You mustn't drive into a street with a " No Entry'sign.

de Chē 行驶 xíng shǐ 公里 gōnglǐ Hòu 抛锚 pāo máo le .

The car that I rent drop anchor after five kilometers are driven.

Words with shǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
驾驶 jiàshǐ to drive駕駛
行驶 xíng shǐ to travel along a route (of vehicles etc)行駛
驾驶员 jià shǐ yuán pilot駕駛員
shǐ to gallop shǐ
驾驶证 jià shǐ zhèng driver's license駕駛證
驾驶舱 jià shǐ cāng cockpit駕駛艙
驶入 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter駛入
驾驶人 jià shǐ rén (car, van) driver駕駛人
驶往 shǐ wǎng bound for駛往
驶离 shǐ lí to leave駛離
驾驶执照 jià shǐ zhí zhào driver's license駕駛執照
驶出 shǐ chū to leave port駛出
副驾驶员 fù jià shǐ yuán co-pilot副駕駛員

shǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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shǐ Decomposition

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