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shì

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shì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shì | shi4
English translation
to explain, to interpret; to release

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About shì

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Number of strokes

20

Traditional form

shì

Contains the radical

biàn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

collect

Etymology of shì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釆睪

Semantic compound

biàn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Words with shì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
解释 jiěshì explanation解釋
释放 shìfàng to release釋放
诠释 quán shì to interpret詮釋
假释 jiǎ shì parole假釋
保释 bǎo shì to bail保釋
shì to explain shì
稀释 xī shì to dilute稀釋
释怀 shì huái to release (tension)釋懷
阐释 chǎn shì to explain闡釋
注释 zhùshì marginal notes注釋
获释 huò shì freed (from prison)獲釋
释然 shì rán relieved釋然
爱不释手 àibùshìshǒu to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly愛不釋手
如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù as if relieved from a burden (idiom)如釋重負
释义 shì yì the meaning of sth釋義
释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)釋迦牟尼
释疑 shì yí to dispel doubts釋疑
开释 kāi shì to release (a prisoner)開釋
释迦 shì jiā sugar apple釋迦
冰释 bīng shì thaw (in relations)冰釋
释文 shì wén interpreting words釋文

shì Decomposition & Compounds

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