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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
to try, to experiment; exam, test

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About shì

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言式

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

shì

Explanation

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

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Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shì to test shì
考试 kǎoshì exam考試
测试 cè shì test測試
试验 shìyàn test試驗
试图 shìtú to attempt試圖
尝试 chángshì to try嘗試
面试 miàn shì interview面試
试点 shì diǎn test point試點
试用 shì yòng on probation試用
试卷 shìjuàn test paper試卷
试行 shì xíng to try out試行
试剂 shì jì reagent試劑
试试看 shì shì kàn to give it a try試試看
试探 shì tàn to sound out試探
试题 shì tí exam question試題
调试 tiáo shì to debug調試
试车 shì chē to test drive試車
试演 shì yǎn audition試演
笔试 bǐ shì written examination筆試
试想 shì xiǎng just think!試想
试管 shì guǎn test tube試管
应试 yìng shì to take an exam應試
试制 shì zhì prototype試製
核试验 hé shì yàn nuclear test核試驗

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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