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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Sī | Si1
English translation
Slovakia
Slovak
abbr. for 斯洛伐克 Sī luò fá kè [Sī luò fá kè]
(phonetic)
this
this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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Positional decomposition

其斤

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Nowadays this character is usually only used for its sound in phonetic loans.

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

帕森斯夸口 kuā kǒu shuì , Shàn shì 胜利 shènglì 大厦 dàshà ,挂出 de 旗子 qí zi jiù yǒu 四百那么 nà me cháng .

Parsons boasted that Victory Mansions alone would display four hundred metres of bunting.

克雷斯波上场 shàng chǎng jǐn yǒu 19 miǎo .

Crespo had been on the pitch for 19 seconds.

ō , bīn 格莱先生 Xiānsheng de Chē yāo sòng de 朋友 péngyou dào 麦里 tún , 斯脱夫妇 fūfù yòu shì yǒu Chē .

Oh! but the gentlemen will have Mr. Bingley's chaise to go to Meryton; and the Hursts have no horses to theirs.

莫里斯 dài zhāo 忧郁 yōuyù de 笑容 xiào róng tān kāi Shuāng shǒu .

Morris extended his empty hands with a melancholy smile.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
this
俄罗斯 É luó sī Russia俄羅斯
巴勒斯坦 Bā lè sī tǎn Palestine巴勒斯坦 Bā lè sī tǎn
莫斯科 Mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia莫斯科 Mò sī kē
巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn Pakistan巴基斯坦 Bā jī sī tǎn
詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī James (name)詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī
福尔摩斯 Fú ěr mó sī Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯 Fú ěr mó sī [Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1]福爾摩斯
查尔斯 Chá ěr sī Charles查爾斯
穆斯林 Mù sī lín Muslim穆斯林 Mù sī lín
哈马斯 Hā mǎ sī Hamas (radical Palestinian group)哈馬斯
奥斯卡 Aò sī kǎ (name) Oscar奧斯卡
琼斯 Qióng sī Jones (name)瓊斯
拉斯维加斯 Lā sī Wéi jiā sī Las Vegas, Nevada拉斯維加斯
伊斯兰 Yī sī lán Islam伊斯蘭
瓦斯 wǎ sī gas (loanword)瓦斯 wǎ sī
斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator斯大林 Sī dà lín
赖斯 Lài sī Rice (name)賴斯
史密斯 Shǐ mì sī Smith (name)史密斯 Shǐ mì sī
威尼斯 Wēi ní sī Venice威尼斯 Wēi ní sī
迪斯尼 Dí sī ní Disney (company name, surname)迪斯尼 Dí sī ní
巴斯 Bā sī Bath city in southwest England巴斯 Bā sī
丹尼斯 Dān ní sī Dennis (name)丹尼斯 Dān ní sī
法西斯 fǎ xī sī fascist (loanword)法西斯 fǎ xī sī

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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