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Shì

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Shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Shì | Shi4
English translation
surname Shi
member of the senior ministerial class (old)
scholar (old)
bachelor
honorific
first class military rank
specialist worker
scholar, gentleman; soldier

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About Shì

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Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

24

Traditional form

Shì

Contains the radical

Shì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Etymology of Shì

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Positional decomposition

Explanation

Pictograph of the head of an axe. Likely used to represent a military officer.

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Example sentences using Shì

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这个 zhè ge 士兵 shìbīng 常梦 dào jiā .

The soldier often dreamt of home.

ěr 博士 bóshì shuì , dāng 人体 rén tǐ Zhōng de gài 含量 hán liàng piān shí , 身体 shēntǐ jiù huì 产生 chǎnshēng zhǒng 荷尔蒙 hé ěr méng , Néng 帮助 bāngzhù 肌体 jī tǐ zuì 限度 xiàn dù de 吸收 xīshōu suǒ 摄入 shè rù 的钙.

Zemel says that when calcium levels are low, the body releases a hormone that helps squeeze the most out of every available milligram of the

Léi ěr 眼睛 yǎnjing 起来 qǐlai , Xiàng de 卫士 wèi shì men 点点头.

Ryel's eyes narrowed and he nodded to his guard.

我们 wǒmen de 战士 zhàn shì 抵抗 dǐkàng 敌人 dírén de 进攻 jìngōng Zhōu 之久.

Our soldiers held out against the enemy's attacks for a week.

hāi , 卡明斯, gōng 下里士 Mǎn 需要 xūyào 小时 xiǎoshí ya ?

Hey, Cummings , how many hours will you need to take Richmond?

Words with Shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
女士 nǚshì lady女士 nǚshì
人士 rénshì person人士 rénshì
博士 bóshì doctor博士 bóshì
士兵 shìbīng soldier士兵 shìbīng
战士 zhàn shì fighter戰士
Shì bachelor Shì
护士 hùshi nurse護士
骑士 qí shì horseman騎士
爵士 jué shì knight爵士 jué shì
瑞士 Ruì shì Switzerland瑞士 Ruì shì
男士 nán shì man男士 nán shì
绅士 shēnshì gentleman紳士
硕士 shuòshì master's degree碩士
勇士 yǒng shì a warrior勇士 yǒng shì
威士忌 wēi shì jì whiskey (loanword)威士忌 wēi shì jì
波士顿 Bō shì dùn Boston, capital of Massachusetts波士頓
巴士 bā shì bus (loanword)巴士 bā shì
武士 wǔ shì warrior武士 wǔ shì
院士 yuàn shì scholar院士 yuàn shì
烈士 liè shì martyr烈士 liè shì
士气 shì qì morale士氣
军士 jūn shì soldier軍士
的士 dī shì taxi (loanword)的士 dī shì
莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name)莎士比亞

Shì Decomposition & Compounds

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Shì Compounds

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  • Shì
    • shēng
      • qìng
        • xīn , qìng , shēng , qìng , qìng , , , , , ,
      • Zhōu
        • diào , diāo , chóu , diāo , diāo , chóu , diāo , , chóu , zhāo , zhōu , diāo , dǎo , tiáo , chóu , zhōu , zhōu , , , , , , , chóu , , 調 diào , zhōu , , zhōu , , , , diāo , diāo
      • tái
        • tái , tái , tái , , , tái ,
      • yuán
        • yuǎn
        • yuán , yuán , qióng , yuán , , , , , yuán ,
      • jié
      • shè
      • jié
        • xié , xié , xié
      • jiē , jié , Jiā , jié , zhé , , jié , , xiá , jiē , , jié , , zhé , , chóu , jié , jié , jié , , , , , , , jié , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • zhì
      • zhì , zhì , zhì , , , ,
    • Zhuàng
      • zhuāng , zhuāng
    • qiào
    • shì
    • rén
      • Rèn
        • píng , lìn , rěn , nèn , rèn , rèn , , , , , , , lìn , ,
      • yín
      • tíng
        • tíng
        • tǐng , tǐng , tíng , tíng , dìng , tǐng , tǐng , tíng , tīng , tǐng , tíng , , , , , , dìng , ,
      • chuí
        • shuì , chuí , tuò , chuí , chuí , chuí , zuī , duǒ , tuò , zhuì , , , , , , , chuí , , , chuí
      • rèn , rèn , yín , rèn , rèn , rèn , ,
    • mài
      • , ,
    • tuó
    • mài
      • , shú , , , , , , , , , , , , , , dòu , , , 覿, , , , ,
    • kuǎn , , qiào , , huò , xx , , kǔn , gòu , , , , , , kòu , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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