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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
to bite, to gnaw; to snap at

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About shì

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口筮

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

shì

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Example sentences using shì

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自体吞噬 tūn shì 似乎 sìhū 液泡 de 积极 jījí 参加 cānjiā 有关 yǒu guān .

Autophagy, appears to involve an active participation of the vacuolar membranes.

老鼠 lǎoshǔ jiāng xiāng Jué shì .

The rats have gnawed the corner of the box off.

一条条新路 zài 逐渐 zhújiàn 吞噬 tūn shì zhāo 绿化 lǜ huà 地带 dì dài

New roads are cutting into the green belt.

Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
吞噬 tūn shì to swallow吞噬 tūn shì
shì to devour shì
噬菌体 shì jūn tǐ phage噬菌體

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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