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Shǐ

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Shǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Shǐ | Shi3
English translation
surname Shi
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
history, chronicle, annals

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About Shǐ

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Shǐ

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

A hand  using a pen to record a history

Etymology of Shǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口乂

Explanation

The characters Shǐ (history), (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand ( yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

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Example sentences using Shǐ

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作为 zuòwéi 计时器 jì shí qì , lòu de 使用 shǐyòng 日晷 rì guǐ Shǐ wéi 普遍 pǔbiàn .

Many ancient Chinese men of letters left behind beautiful verses about the clepsydra.

zài 人类 rénlèi 历史 lìshǐ de 部分 bùfen 时期 shíqī Zhōng , 数学 shùxué 物理学 wù lǐ xué 几乎 jīhū 始终 shǐzhōng shì 不可 bù kě 分地 fēn dì 联系 liánxì zài 一起 yīqǐ de .

Throughout most of human history, mathematics and physics have been inseparably joined.

Shǐ tǎn 有意识 yǒu yì shí de 露出 lù chū le fēn 威胁 wēixié de kǒu .

Stanley said, trying to edge some menace into his voice.

suǒ 学校 xuéxiào 历史 lìshǐ Jiào hěn hǎo .

History is well taught in that school.

史密斯 Shǐ mì sī 先生 Xiānsheng yāo 鲁滨逊小姐 xiǎojie wéi .

Mr. Smith is taking Miss Robinson in marriage.

Words with Shǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
历史 lìshǐ history歷史
Shǐ history Shǐ
历史上 lì shǐ shàng historical歷史上
有史以来 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history有史以來
史蒂夫 Shǐ dì fū Steve (male name)史蒂夫 Shǐ dì fū
史密斯 Shǐ mì sī Smith (name)史密斯 Shǐ mì sī
历史性 lì shǐ xìng historic歷史性
病史 bìng shǐ medical history病史 bìng shǐ
史无前例 shǐ wú qián lì unprecedented in history史無前例
刺史 cì shǐ provincial governor (old)刺史 cì shǐ
史诗 shǐ shī an epic史詩
史蒂文 Shǐ dì wén Steven, Stephen (name)史蒂文 Shǐ dì wén
史料 shǐ liào historical material or data史料 shǐ liào
史册 shǐ cè annals史冊
史前 shǐ qián prehistory史前 shǐ qián
罗曼史 luó màn shǐ love affair羅曼史
历史学家 lì shǐ xué jiā historian歷史學家
史学 shǐ xué historiography史學
史实 shǐ shí historical fact史實

Shǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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Shǐ Decomposition

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Shǐ Compounds

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