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Shì

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Shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Shì | Shi4
English translation
surname Shi
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
generation, era, age; world

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About Shì

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Shì

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Three leaves on a branch

Etymology of Shì

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

廿 niàn

Explanation

Three copies of shí (ten) to make 30, similar to the archaic character (30). Conveys the meaning "30-year generation", also symbolizing a branching family tree.

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Example sentences using Shì

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觉得 juéde 人们 rén men kān 他不 dǒng 人情 rén qíng 世故 shì gù .

He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.

班夫 de 8高尔夫球 gāo ěr fū qiú dòng shì 世界 shìjiè shǎng zuì bàng 的高尔夫球洞之一 zhī yī .

The eighth at Banff is one of the world's great golf holes.

zài 看来 kàn lai ,彼得 Bǐ dé Huán dǒng 人情 rén qíng 世故 shì gù .

It'seems to me that Peter has seen nothing of life.

世事 shì shì 洞明 jiē 学问 xuéwèn , 人情 rén qíng 练达 liàn dá 文章 wénzhāng .

A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.

但是 dànshì 这个 zhè ge 世界 shìjiè què Cóng mèng Zhōng 召回 zhào huí le , zài 面前 miàn qián 露出 lù chū le 辉煌 huīhuáng de 形象 xíngxiàng .

But, it beckoned him back in his sleep, and showed itself in shining forms.

Words with Shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
世界 shìjiè world世界 shìjiè
世纪 shìjì century世紀
Shì life Shì
全世界 quán shì jiè worldwide全世界 quán shì jiè
去世 qùshì to die去世 qùshì
世上 shì shàng on earth世上 shì shàng
世界杯 Shì jiè bēi World Cup世界杯 Shì jiè bēi
世人 shì rén everyone世人 shì rén
过世 guò shì to die過世
世间 shì jiān world世間
世锦赛 shì jǐn sài world championship世錦賽
救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ the Savior (in Christianity)救世主 Jiù shì zhǔ
世界大战 shì jiè dà zhàn world war世界大戰
逝世 shìshì to die逝世 shìshì
世事 shì shì affairs of life世事 shì shì
人世 rén shì the world人世 rén shì
在世 zài shì to be alive在世 zài shì
中世纪 zhōng shì jì medieval中世紀
世俗 shì sú profane世俗 shì sú
世界级 shì jiè jí world-class世界級
世界观 shì jiè guān worldview世界觀
一世 yī shì generation一世 yī shì
入世 rù shì to join the WTO入世 rù shì
乱世 luàn shì the world in chaos亂世
问世 wènshì to be published問世

Shì Decomposition & Compounds

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Shì Compounds

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    • xiè , , , , , xiè , xiè , zhì , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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