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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
match, comfortable; just

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About shì

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶啇

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
适合 shìhé to fit適合
合适 héshì suitable合適
适应 shìyìng to adapt適應
适当 shì dàng suitable適當
舒适 shūshì cozy舒適
适用 shì yòng to be applicable適用
适宜 shìyí suitable適宜
不适 bù shì unwell不適
kuò to fit shì
适量 shì liàng appropriate amount適量
适时 shì shí timely適時
适度 shì dù moderately適度
适应性 shì yìng xìng adaptability適應性
适中 shì zhōng moderate適中
适可而止 shì kě ér zhǐ don't overdo it適可而止
无所适从 wú suǒ shì cóng not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do無所適從
适龄 shì líng of age適齡
适得其反 shì dé qí fǎn to produce the opposite of the desired result適得其反
适者生存 shì zhě shēng cún survival of the fittest適者生存
胡适 Hú Shì Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文 bái huà wén [bái​huà​wén]胡適
适才 shì cái just now適才
适逢 shì féng to just happen to coincide with適逢
闲适 xián shì relaxed閑適
适配器 shì pèi qì adapter (device)適配器

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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