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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
(of time) to pass
to die
to die, to pass away

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About shì

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶折

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

shé

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and shé represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shì

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不幸 bù xìng de shì ,国姓 Guó xìng 37 suì 英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì .

Too bad General Zheng died at the young age of

随着 suízhe 午后 wǔ hòu 时光 shíguāng de 渐渐 jiàn jiàn 消逝 xiāo shì yòu 有些 yǒu xiē 老主顾加入 jiā rù dào 我们 wǒmen 当中 dāng zhōng lái le

As the afternoon drew on we were joined by more of the regulars.

婚后几年 jǐ nián 这种 zhè zhǒng 兴奋 xīngfèn 感就会逐渐 zhújiàn 消逝 xiāo shì 等着瞧 děng zhe qiáo

The thrill wears off after a few years of marriage. You'll see.

可能 kěnéng huì 因为 yīnwèi 劳累过度 ér 英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì

He might burn himself out and go to an early grave.

随着 suízhe 岁月 suìyuè de 流逝 liú shì 觉得 juéde 受困 shòu kùn 婚姻 hūnyīn de 某些 mǒu xiē 现实 xiànshí 问题 wèntí

As the years passed he felt trapped by certain realities of marriage.

Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shì to die shì
流逝 liú shì to elapse流逝 liú shì
逝世 shìshì to die逝世 shìshì
消逝 xiāo shì to fade away消逝 xiāo shì
逝去 shì qù to elapse逝去 shì qù
飞逝 fēi shì to be fleeting飛逝
病逝 bìng shì to die of illness病逝 bìng shì
稍纵即逝 shāo zòng jí shì transient稍縱即逝
英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì to die an untimely death (idiom)英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì
早逝 zǎo shì early demise早逝 zǎo shì
仙逝 xiān shì to die仙逝 xiān shì
长逝 cháng shì to be no more長逝
永逝 yǒng shì to die永逝 yǒng shì

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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shì Decomposition

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