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shí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shí | shi2
English translation
ten
10
ten, tenth; complete; perfect

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About shí

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Number of strokes

2

Radical frequency

55

Traditional form

shí

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Etymology of shí

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Positional decomposition

一丨

Explanation

A single vertical line, representing one set of ten. Analagous to the archaic characters 廿 niàn (twenty) and (thirty).

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Example sentences using shí

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zhè chuán 二十 èr shí 英尺 yīng chǐ .

The boat measures twenty feet long.

qǐng fān dào 十二 shí èr .

Please turn to page twelve.

小王 chī wán fàn Hòu shēn shǎng jiù zhǐ xià shèng 三十 sān shí kuài Qián le .

After his meal, Xiao Wang had only 30 yuan left.

南希 Nán xī 走近 zǒu jìn , shè le 地上 dì shang Zhāng shí Yuán 纸币 zhǐ bì .

Nancy to me and a ten - yuan on the.

一分实践 shíjiàn dāng 十分 shífēn 理论 lǐlùn .

An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.

Words with shí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
十分 shífēn very十分 shífēn
shí ten shí
十几 shí jǐ more than ten十幾
十足 shízú ample十足 shízú
十月 Shí yuè October十月 Shí yuè
二十 èr shí twenty二十 èr shí
十二月 Shí èr yuè December十二月 Shí èr yuè
十一月 Shí yī yuè November十一月 Shí yī yuè
十二 shí èr twelve十二 shí èr
十字架 shí zì jià cross十字架 shí zì jià
三十 sān shí thirty三十 sān shí
五十 wǔ shí fifty五十 wǔ shí
十五 shí wǔ 15十五 shí wǔ
十万 shí wàn hundred thousand十萬
十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu crossroads十字路口 shí zì lù kǒu
四十 sì shí forty四十 sì shí
十二指肠 shí èr zhǐ cháng duodenum十二指腸
十字 shí zì cross road十字 shí zì
十八 shí bā 18十八 shí bā
十六 shí liù 16十六 shí liù
红十字 Hóng shí zì Red Cross紅十字
十四 shí sì 14十四 shí sì

shí Decomposition & Compounds

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shí Compounds

See all 954 Chinese words that contain the character shí in their composition.

  • shí
    • zhēn
      • zhèn , tián , shèn , zhěn , diān , zhì , chēn , diān , zhèn , diān , zhēn , zhěn , tián , diān , tián , zhěn , zhěn , , , , , , , , , zhèn , ,
    • gān
      • Píng
        • píng , píng , pēng , píng , pēng , píng , chèng , pēng , píng , píng , bēng , pēng , píng , píng , pēng , , , , píng , , , píng
      • xìng
            • ,
          • gāo , , , , , ,
        • bào
          • bāo
          • , , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • zhí
        • xìng , xìng , , xìng , xìng , , , ,
      • hàn
        • hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , gān , hàn , , , , gān , , , gǎn , , gǎn , hàn
      • qiān
        • yán , yán , jiān , , , ,
      • bìng
        • píng , bìng
      • gàn
        • àn
          • , , ,
      • cóng
        • , ,
      • gàn
      • xuān
      • gǎn , jiān , hán , gān , gān , hǎn , kān , 竿 gān , hān , xuān , gǎn , , gān , jié , qiān , jiān , hàn , àn , gān , gān , gān , kàn , àn , hán , , hàn , jiān , hān , hàn , gàn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • zǎo
      • Cháo
      • Zhāng
        • gàn
        • gàn
        • zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , , , , , , , 騿,
      • hàn
        • ,
      • tán
        • tán , tán , xùn , tán , dǎn , qián , Shěn , diàn , tǎn , diàn , tǎn , tán , chán , tán , , , , , tán , , tán ,
      • gàn
      • cǎo , hán , , hán , gàn , hàn , chuò , hàn , gān ,
    • Shàn
    • Zhī
        • , , fén , táo , , chāng , gāo , , dōng , , , , ,
      • sǒu
        • sōu , sōu , shòu , sǎo , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sǒu , sōu , , sōu , , , , , , , sōu , 餿 sōu ,
      • , , zhī , chì , zhī , , zhī , , , shì , guǐ , zhì , guì , , , , , zhī , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • mài
    • Suǒ
      • suō , suǒ ,
    • qiān
      • chóng
        • Dǒng
          • dǒng ,
        • dòng
          • xx
        • zhōng
        • zhǒng , zhǒng , zhǒng , chòng , dòng , tuǎn , zhōng , , , , , , , , , , zhǒng , , , ,
      • shé
        • huó
        • shě
          • shá , Shū , shē , shá , shě , , , , shè ,
        • huà , luàn , kuò , tián , , kuò , , guā , tiǎn , tián , shì , guā , huó , guā , guā , kuò , xiān , tiǎn , kuò , guā , , , , , tián , , , , , shì , , , , huà , , , guā , guā
      • qiān
      • chā
        • chā , shà , chā , , , , , ,
      • guāi , chàn , qiàn , jiān , qiān , qiān , qiān , qiān , qiān kè , chuí , qiān wǎ , qiān , qiān , , , , , , , , , , qiān
    • Huá
        • , jīng , , shí kè , qiān kè , fēn kè , háo kè , bǎi kè , lí kè , qíng , , , , ,
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Cháo
    • hàn
    • Xīn
      • zǎi
        • , zài ,
          • niè
        • , , , , , , , , , , bāi , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , bèi , , , 鷿, ,
        • chí , , ,
      • xuē
        • niè
        • niè , ,
      • biàn , , , biàn , biàn , bàn , xīn , , xīng , shēn , yǎn , , , , , , , , , , bàn , , , , , biàn , biàn , xīn ,
    • dùn
      • xún , dùn , shǔn , xún , shǔn , , chūn , , , , , ,
    • Zhuó
      • diào , zhào , dào , chuò , nào , zhuō , zhào , chuò , zhào , chāo , chuō , zhào , , , chuò , ,
      • cuì
      • zuì , suì , cuì , cuì , cuì , cuì , , cuì , cuì , cuì , , zuó , zuì , zuó , cuì , suì , cuì , suì , suì , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 秿, , , , , ,
      • , , , , , ,
    • bèi
        • , ,
      • , bèi , , po , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • ,
    • sǔn
    • huì
      • bēn
        • bēn , , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
    • róng
      • zéi
      • zéi , róng , róng , sōng , róng , róng , róng , ,
    • xùn
      • xùn , xùn , xùn , qióng , xùn , shēn , luó , , qióng , , shī , , ,
      • cuì , suì , cuì , zuì , , , , ,
    • dān
      • dàn , zhàn , ,
    • zhù
        • , , , , , , , , , chì , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
        • , , fén , táo , , chāng , gāo , , dōng , , , , ,
      • péng
      • shù , , , ,
    • yáo
      • xiǎo
    • zhì
    • zào
    • tāo
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
      • bào
    • gàn
      • pēn , fén , fén , pēn , , fěn , fén , fén , fēn , , fèn , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • xiān , , , ,
    • 𢦏
      • Dài
        • dài ,
      • cái
    • shén , , , xié , zhēn , hán , zhī , xié , sǎn , , bǎo , tiě , zhēn , hán , shí , shí kè , , , huài , xié , gàn , shí wǎ , fán , xiān , , , hàn , hàn , tiě , fén , gān , , , xié , , , , , , , , , , , bǎo
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