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shí

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shí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shí | shi2
English translation
real, true; honest, sincere

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About shí

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

shí

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

pierce

Etymology of shí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀貫

Semantic compound

guàn

Phonetic compound

gài

Explanation

Simplified form of shí . guàn is a pictograph of a string of money. Based on the original meaning "thrive; plentiful". The meaning later shifted to "real", "true", and "fruit".

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Words with shí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
其实 qíshí actually其實
确实 quèshí indeed確實
实现 shíxiàn to achieve實現
事实 shìshí fact事實
事实上 shì shí shàng in fact事實上
实际上 shí jì shàng in fact實際上
实在 shízài really實在
实施 shíshī to implement實施
真实 zhēnshí true真實
现实 xiànshí reality現實
实际 shíjì reality實際
实验 shíyàn test實驗
实行 shíxíng to implement實行
实力 shílì strength實力
实验室 shí yàn shì laboratory實驗室
shí real shí
实践 shíjiàn practice實踐
实话 shíhuà truth實話
证实 zhèngshí to verify證實
落实 luòshí practical落實
老实 lǎoshi honest老實
说实话 shuō shí huà to speak the truth說實話
诚实 chéngshí honest誠實
实习生 shí xí sheng intern (student)實習生
切实 qièshí feasible切實

shí Decomposition & Compounds

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