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寺 sì

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寺 sì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sì | si4
English translation
Buddhist temple
mosque
government office (old)
court, office; temple, monastery

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About 寺 sì

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

寺 sì

Contains the radical

寸 cùn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

An offering 土 Tǔ  in your hand 寸 cùn

Etymology of 寺 sì

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱土寸

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 寸 cùn represents the meaning and 止 zhǐ represents the sound. Based on the original meaning of "to grasp". The current meaning "temple" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning is now represented by the character 持 chí (to hold).

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Example sentences using 寺 sì

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知名 zhī míng 的 de 有 yǒu 瑞云禅寺 、 水母 shuǐ mǔ 庙 miào 、 咏 yǒng 归 Guī 亭 tíng 、 碧 bì 霞 xiá 祠 cí 等 děng .

There are well - known Ruiyun Temple, jellyfish Temple, Yong - owned kiosks, as Ha Temple.

他们 tā men 不仅 bùjǐn 修缮 xiū shàn 了 le 老 lǎo 寺庙 sìmiào ,还 Huán 修建 xiūjiàn 了 le 许多 xǔduō 新 Xīn 寺庙 sìmiào .

They built new temples and repaired and improved old ones.

寺庙 sìmiào 的 de 墙壁 qiáng bì 上 shǎng 刻 kè 着 zhāo 象形文字 xiàng xíng wén zì .

Hieroglyphics are carved into the walls of the temple.

华庭寺 sì 有 yǒu 棵 kē 松子 sōng zǐ 鳞 lín ,是 shì 明朝 Míng cháo 的 de ,五百多 duō 年 Nián 了 le ,一 yī 开 kāi 花 Huā ,能开一千多 duō 朵 duǒ . ”

The Pine Cone: Scale in Huating Temple is more than five hundred years old.

犹太人 Yóu tài rén 把 bǎ 他 tā 赶 gǎn 出 chū 了 le 寺庙 sìmiào .

The Jews cast him out of the temple.

Words with 寺 sì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
寺 sì mosque寺 sì
寺庙 sìmiào temple寺廟
清真寺 qīng zhēn sì mosque清真寺 qīng zhēn sì
寺院 sì yuàn cloister寺院 sì yuàn
少林寺 Shào lín Sì Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks少林寺 Shào lín Sì
佛寺 Fó sì Buddhist temple佛寺 Fó sì
大昭寺 Dà zhāo sì Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism大昭寺 Dà zhāo sì
塔尔寺 Tǎ ěr sì Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet塔爾寺
白马寺 Bái mǎ Sì the Baima or White Horse Temple in Luoyang, one of the earliest Buddhist temples in China白馬寺
潭柘寺 Tán zhè sì Tanzhe Temple潭柘寺 Tán zhè sì
金山寺 jīn shān sì Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)金山寺 jīn shān sì
法源寺 Fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing法源寺 Fǎ yuán sì
金阁寺 Jīn gé sì Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Kyōto 京都 Jīng dū , Japan金閣寺
白塔寺 Bái tǎ sì Baita temple in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州 Lán zhōu [Lán​zhōu]白塔寺 Bái tǎ sì
灵谷寺 Líng gǔ sì Linggu temple (Nanjing)靈谷寺
红寺堡 Hóng sì bǎo Hongsibao district of Wuzhong city 吳忠市|吴忠市 Wú zhōng shì [Wú​zhōng​shì], Ningxia紅寺堡
甘丹寺 Gān dān sì Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县 Dá zī xiàn [Dá​zī​xiàn], Lhasa, Tibet甘丹寺 Gān dān sì
太仆寺旗 Tài pū sì qí Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟 Xī lín guō lè méng [Xī​lín​guō​lè​méng], Inner Mongolia太僕寺旗
小昭寺 Xiǎo zhāo sì Ramoche Temple, Lhasa小昭寺 Xiǎo zhāo sì
夹山寺 Jiā shān sì Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen 石门 Shí mén , Changde 常德 Cháng dé , Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 Lǐ Zì chéng 夾山寺
唐招提寺 Táng zhāo tí sì Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 Jiàn zhēn hé shang and his last resting place唐招提寺 Táng zhāo tí sì
塔公寺 Tǎ gōng sì Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县 Kāng dìng xiàn [Kāng​dìng​xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan塔公寺 Tǎ gōng sì
法隆寺 Fǎ lōng sì Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良 Nài liáng , Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 Fēi niǎo Shí dài (c. 600)法隆寺 Fǎ lōng sì
鹿苑寺 Lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都 Jīng dū , Japan鹿苑寺 Lù yuàn sì

寺 sì Decomposition & Compounds

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寺 sì Decomposition

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寺 sì Compounds

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  • 寺 sì
    • 待 dāi
      • 嘚 dē , 偫 zhì , 崻
    • 時 shí
      • 蒔 shí , 塒, 嵵, 榯, 溡, 鰣 shí
    • 等 děng , 特 tè , 持 chí , 诗 Shī , 侍 shì , 峙 zhì , 痔 zhì , 恃 shì , 庤 zhì , 畤 zhì , 跱 zhì , 邿 shī , 鼭 shí , 歭, 洔, 秲, 詩 shī
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