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shǐ

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shǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǐ | shi3
English translation
stool, feces, dung

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About shǐ

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

shǐ

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A person, crouched shī defecating  also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of shǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

尸米

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Example sentences using shǐ

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zhè 小孩 xiǎo hái 正好 zhènghǎo cǎi zài duī gǒu shǐ shǎng .

The little kid stepped right in a pile of dog shit.

老鼠 lǎoshǔ shǐ 败坏 bàihuài guō Tāng .

Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.

便 biàn dào shǎng de 狗屎 gǒu shǐ

dog poop on the sidewalk

Words with shǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shǐ stool shǐ
拉屎 lā shǐ to defecate拉屎 lā shǐ
耳屎 ěr shǐ earwax耳屎 ěr shǐ
眼屎 yǎn shǐ gum in the eyes眼屎 yǎn shǐ
屎壳郎 shǐ ké làng dung beetle屎殼郎
狗改不了吃屎 gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ fig. bad habits are hard to change狗改不了吃屎 gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ
狗吃屎 gǒu chī shǐ to fall flat on one's face (vulgar)狗吃屎 gǒu chī shǐ
一把屎一把尿 yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)一把屎一把尿 yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào
占着茅坑不拉屎 zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ fig. to be a dog in the manger占著茅坑不拉屎

shǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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