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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sī | si1
English translation
servant; to cause a disturbance

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

hǎn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

building

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

厂斯

Semantic compound

hǎn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. hǎn represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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他们 tā men zài 吉利 Jí lì gēn 路上 lù shang 翻滚 fān gǔn 模拟 mó nǐ 一场暴力 bàolì 厮杀 sī shā

They rolled about on the Gilligan Road, simulating a bloodthirsty fight.

显然 xiǎnrán zhè 姐妹俩早就 zǎo jiù 无法 wú fǎ zài 互相 hùxiāng 迁就 qiānjiù 索性 suǒxìng 厮打 sī dǎ 起来 qǐlai

The two sisters apparently bashed each other up when their long overdue reconciliation turned sour.

海伦 Hǎi lún 以前 yǐqián Cháng 那些 nà xiē 男孩子 nán hái zi men 厮混 sī hùn

Helen used to hang round with the boys.

ruò 不能 bù néng 长相 zhǎng xiàng 厮守 sī shǒu qǐng 留在心间 jiāng 永驻于此

If there ever comes a day, when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mutually
厮杀 sī shā hand-to-hand廝殺
厮混 sī hùn to mix with廝混
厮守 sī shǒu to stay together廝守
厮打 sī dǎ to fight together廝打
耳鬓厮磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. heads rubbing together (idiom)耳鬢廝磨
厮缠 sī chán to tangle with廝纏
厮熟 sī shú familiar with one another廝熟
厮搏 sī bó to tussle廝搏

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