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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
power, force; tendency, attitude

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About shì

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

strength

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

埶力

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhí represents the sound. Simplified form of shì .

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Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
优势 yōushì superiority優勢
姿势 zīshì posture姿勢
shì power shì
形势 xíngshì circumstances形勢
趋势 qūshì trend趨勢
局势 júshì situation局勢
势力 shìli power勢力
走势 zǒu shì tendency走勢
手势 shǒushì gesture手勢
强势 qiáng shì strong強勢
势头 shì tóu power勢頭
气势 qìshì loftiness氣勢
伤势 shāng shì condition of an injury傷勢
态势 tài shì posture態勢
攻势 gōng shì (military) offensive攻勢
虚张声势 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado虛張聲勢
权势 quán shì power權勢
劣势 liè shì inferior劣勢
火势 huǒ shì lively火勢
势必 shìbì to be bound to勢必
架势 jià shi attitude架勢
装腔作势 zhuāng qiāng zuò shì posturing裝腔作勢
情势 qíng shì situation情勢
势利 shì lì snobbish勢利
顺势 shùn shì to take advantage順勢

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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