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shě

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shě Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shě | she3
English translation
house, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon, to give up

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About shě

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shě

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

house

Etymology of shě

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌舍

Semantic compound

shě

Phonetic compound

shǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

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Words with shě

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宿舍 sùshè dormitory宿舍 sùshè
shě to give up shě
舍不得 shěbude to hate to do sth捨不得
舍得 shě de to be willing to part with sth捨得
施舍 shī shě to give in charity施捨
舍弃 shě qì to give up捨棄
校舍 xiào shè school building校舍 xiào shè
取舍 qǔ shě to choose取捨
割舍 gē shě to give up割捨
农舍 nóng shè farmhouse農舍
寒舍 hán shè my humble home寒舍 hán shè
舍命 shě mìng to risk one's life捨命
依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave依依不捨
香榭丽舍 Xiāng xiè lì shè Champs Élysées香榭麗舍
锲而不舍 qièérbùshě to persevere鍥而不捨
老舍 Lǎo Shě Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist老舍 Lǎo Shě
恋恋不舍 liàn liàn bù shě reluctant to part戀戀不捨
舍身 shě shēn to give one's life捨身
房舍 fáng shè house房舍 fáng shè

shě Decomposition & Compounds

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