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shēn

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shēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēn | shen1
English translation
member of gentry
girdle, tie; gentry; to bend

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About shēn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shēn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

silk

Etymology of shēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟申

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Shēn represents the sound. Simplified form of shēn .

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Example sentences using shēn

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wèi lǎo 绅士 shēnshì 坐立不安 zuò lì bù ān , 紧张 jǐnzhāng 不得了 bùdéliǎo .

That elderly gentleman was exceedingly on the jump , as nervous as a man well could be.

那个 nà ge ǎi yòu pán de 绅士 shēnshì shì 我们 wǒmen de Xīn 主任 zhǔrèn .

The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.

这个 zhè ge 绅士 shēnshì 打量 dǎliang le 一下 yīxià ,伸手 shēn shǒu 想摸 kuài 1 Jué de 银币 yín bì .

The gentleman looked him over and fished for a dime.

船长 chuán zhǎng 乡绅 xiāng shēn zài 房舱 fáng cāng 商量 shāngliang 对策 duìcè .

The captain, the squire, and I were talking matters over in the cabin.

shì 那个 nà ge lǎo 爸爸 bàba tái gāng de 绅士 shēnshì ?

Is he the gentleman who frequently contradicted papa?

Words with shēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
绅士 shēnshì gentleman紳士
shēn member of gentry shēn
乡绅 xiāng shēn squire鄉紳
土豪劣绅 tǔ háo liè shēn local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia土豪劣紳

shēn Decomposition & Compounds

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shēn Decomposition

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