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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
variant of shì
> shì [shì]
variant of shì [shì]
old variant of shì
to look at
to regard
to inspect
to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

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About shì

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

jiàn

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

see

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

礻见

Semantic compound

jiàn

Phonetic compound

shì

Explanation

Simplified form of shì . Phonosemantic compound. jiàn represents the meaning and shì represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shì

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失败者 shī bài zhě duì 奖品 jiǎng pǐn de 轻视 qīngshì 纯粹 chúncuì shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

The loser's scorn for the award is pure sour grape.

yǎn 或者 huòzhě Cóng 屏幕 píngmù qián Hòu 退 tuì lái 检视 jiǎn shì xià 明暗关系 guānxi .

Blur your eyes or step back from the screen to check values.

许多 xǔduō rén qíng yuàn 电视机 diàn shì jī ér 不愿 bù yuàn mǎi 电视机 diàn shì jī .

Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.

孩子 háizi men dōu 做声 zuò shēng , 互相 hùxiāng 敌视 díshì , 报复 bàofù xīn Qiáng , 不断 bùduàn de jiào 饿 è .

The children were silent, hostile, vindictive, continuously complaining of hunger.

承认 chéngrèn rén jiē yǒu Cuò 不过 bùguò shì 正视 zhèng shì 人性 rénxìng 而已 éryǐ .

The recognition of fallibility is simply an acknowledgment of our humanity.

Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
电视 diànshì TV電視
视频 shìpín video視頻
重视 zhòngshì to value重視
监视 jiānshì to monitor監視
shì to look at shì
电视台 diàn shì tái television station電視臺
电视剧 diàn shì jù TV play電視劇
忽视 hūshì to neglect忽視
视觉 shì jué sight視覺
视线 shìxiàn line of sight視線
视为 shì wéi to view as視為
无视 wú shì to ignore無視
电视机 diàn shì jī television set電視機
歧视 qíshì discrimination歧視
视野 shìyě horizon視野
央视 Yāng shì China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台 Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái [Zhōng​guó​Zhōng​yāng​Diàn​shì​tái]央視
视力 shìlì vision視力
注视 zhùshì to gaze at注視
影视 yǐng shì movies and television影視
收视率 shōu shì lǜ ratings (of a TV show)收視率
鄙视 bǐshì to despise鄙視
监视器 jiān shì qì security camera監視器
视角 shì jiǎo viewpoint視角
中央电视台 Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network中央電視台
有线电视 yǒu xiàn diàn shì cable television有線電視

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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shì Decomposition

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