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shǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǐ | shi3
English translation
arrow, dart; to vow, to swear

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About shǐ

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Number of strokes

5

Radical frequency

64

Traditional form

shǐ

Contains the radical

shǐ

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

An arrow pointing upwards

Etymology of shǐ

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

丿天

Explanation

Pictograph of an arrow.

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Example sentences using shǐ

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山顶 shān dǐng 上升 shàng shēng 气流 qì liú 强度 qiáng dù Suí 矢端迹曲率 qū lǜ 加大 jiā dà ér shāo yǒu 加强 jiā qiáng .

Peak updraft strength is slightly enhanced with hodograph curvature.

下面 xià miàn yǒu 必要 bìyào xiān 离题 lí tí lái 确定 quèdìng 说明 shuōmíng 一些 yī xiē 重要 zhòngyào de 矢量 shǐ liàng 运算 yùnsuàn .

The following paragraphs are a necessary digression to define and illustrate several important vector operations.

如果 rúguǒ 轮子 lún zi shì 逆时针 nì shí zhēn 方向 fāngxiàng 旋转 xuánzhuǎn , 角动量 jiǎo dòng liàng 矢量 shǐ liàng de 方向 fāngxiàng Cháo Dōng .

If the wheel is rotating counterclockwise, its angular - momentum vector is directed eastward.

摘要 zhāiyào 本文 běn wén 建立 jiànlì le 矢量 shǐ liàng 水听器 de shè zhèn 模型 móxíng , bìng 分析 fēnxī 推导 tuī dǎo le 拾振条件 tiáojiàn .

The model of vibration picking for a vector hydrophone is established.

de 双眸 shuāng móu shì 矢车菊一般 yībān de liàng 蓝色 lán sè

Her eyes were a bright, cornflower blue.

Words with shǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shǐ arrow shǐ
众矢之的 zhòng shǐ zhī dì attacked on all sides眾矢之的
矢量 shǐ liàng vector (spatial)矢量 shǐ liàng
矢口否认 shǐ kǒu fǒu rèn to deny flatly矢口否認
矢志 shǐ zhì to pledge矢誌
无的放矢 wú dì fàng shǐ firing blindly無的放矢

shǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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