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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
試 shì	試 \| 試* \| *試	to test / to try / experiment / examination / test	试 HSK 1


是 shì	是 \| 是* \| *是	to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)	HSK 1


事 shì	事 \| 事* \| *事	matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL: 件, 樁｜桩, 回	HSK 1


昰 shì	昰 \| 昰* \| *昰	variant of 是	是 HSK 1


十 shí	十 \| 十* \| *十	ten / 10	HSK 1


市 shì	市 \| 市* \| *市	market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods	HSK 2


時 shí	時 \| 時* \| *時	o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period	时 HSK 3


使 shǐ	使 \| 使* \| *使	to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger	HSK 3


室 shì	室 \| 室* \| *室	room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	HSK 3


旹 shí	旹 \| 旹* \| *旹	old variant of 時｜时	时 HSK 3


濕 shī	濕 \| 濕* \| *濕	moist / wet	湿 HSK 4


詩 shī	詩 \| 詩* \| *詩	poem / CL: 首 / poetry / verse	诗 HSK 4


溼 shī	溼 \| 溼* \| *溼	variant of 濕｜湿	湿 HSK 4


式 shì	式 \| 式* \| *式	type / form / pattern / style	HSK 5


拾 shí	拾 \| 拾* \| *拾	to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	HSK 5


識 shí	識 \| 識* \| *識	to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. [shi4]	识 HSK 6


時 Shí	時 \| 時* \| *時	surname Shi	时


実 shí	実 \| 実* \| *実	Japanese variant of 實｜实


世 Shì	世 \| 世* \| *世	surname Shi


世 shì	世 \| 世* \| *世	life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble


師 Shī	師 \| 師* \| *師	surname Shi	师


師 shī	師 \| 師* \| *師	teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops	师


史 Shǐ	史 \| 史* \| *史	surname Shi


史 shǐ	史 \| 史* \| *史	history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China


示 shì	示 \| 示* \| *示	to show / to reveal


始 shǐ	始 \| 始* \| *始	to begin / to start / then / only then


仕 shì	仕 \| 仕* \| *仕	to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將｜将


適 Shì	適 \| 適* \| *適	surname Shi	适


適 shì	適 \| 適* \| *適	to fit / suitable / proper / just (now) / comfortable / well / to go / to follow or pursue	适


飾 shì	飾 \| 飾* \| *飾	decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate	饰


施 Shī	施 \| 施* \| *施	surname Shi


施 shī	施 \| 施* \| *施	(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc)


東坡肉 Dōngpōròu	東坡肉 \| 東坡肉* \| *東坡肉	stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡	东坡肉


石 Shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊｜石家庄, the capital of Hebei


石 shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音


實 shí	實 \| 實* \| *實	real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed / definitely	实


溮 Shī	溮 \| 溮* \| *溮	Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽｜信阳, Henan	浉


惠施 Huì Shī	惠施 \| 惠施* \| *惠施	Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子(c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


侍 shì	侍 \| 侍* \| *侍	to serve / to attend upon


匙 shi	匙 \| 匙* \| *匙	used in 鑰匙｜钥匙


什 shí	什 \| 什* \| *什	ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous


屎 shǐ	屎 \| 屎* \| *屎	feces; excrement; a stool / (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)


失 shī	失 \| 失* \| *失	to lose / to miss / to fail


視 shì	視 \| 視* \| *視	(literary, or bound form) to look at	视


蝕 shí	蝕 \| 蝕* \| *蝕	to nibble away at sth / to eat into / to erode	蚀


釋 shì	釋 \| 釋* \| *釋	to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼｜释迦牟尼) / Buddhism	释


獅 shī	獅 \| 獅* \| *獅	(bound form) lion	狮


奭 Shì	奭 \| 奭* \| *奭	surname Shi


奭 shì	奭 \| 奭* \| *奭	(literary) majestic; magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry; furious


室 Shì	室 \| 室* \| *室	surname Shi


安祿山 Ān Lùshān	安祿山 \| 安祿山* \| *安祿山	An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂｜安史之乱	安禄山


食 shí	食 \| 食* \| *食	to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse


駛 shǐ	駛 \| 駛* \| *駛	(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed / (of a vehicle) to run; to go / (of a boat) to sail	驶


誓 shì	誓 \| 誓* \| *誓	oath / vow / to swear / to pledge


屍 shī	屍 \| 屍* \| *屍	(bound form) corpse	尸


眎 shì	眎 \| 眎* \| *眎	variant of 視｜视 / variant of 示	视


逝 shì	逝 \| 逝* \| *逝	(of flowing water or time) to pass by / to pass away; to die


勢 shì	勢 \| 勢* \| *勢	power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals	势


柿 shì	柿 \| 柿* \| *柿	persimmon


邿 shī	邿 \| 邿* \| *邿	place name


氏 shì	氏 \| 氏* \| *氏	(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏 "the Wang clan") / (bound form) maiden name; née (as in 李王氏 "Mrs. Li, née Wang") / (bound form) honorific suffix added to the surname or full name of a notable person, esp. historical or scholarly figures


水滸傳 Shuǐhǔ Zhuàn	水滸傳 \| 水滸傳* \| *水滸傳	Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature	水浒传


似 shì	似 \| 似* \| *似	used in 似的


拭 shì	拭 \| 拭* \| *拭	to wipe


詩 Shī	詩 \| 詩* \| *詩	abbr. for Shijing 詩經｜诗经, the Book of Songs	诗


惠子 Huìzi	惠子 \| 惠子* \| *惠子	Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施 (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


揓 shì	揓 \| 揓* \| *揓	to hold / to grasp


弒 shì	弒 \| 弒* \| *弒	to murder a superior / to murder one's parent	弑


忕 shì	忕 \| 忕* \| *忕	accustomed to / habit


戺 shì	戺 \| 戺* \| *戺	door pivot


峙 shì	峙 \| 峙* \| *峙	used in 繁峙, a county in Shanxi


噬 shì	噬 \| 噬* \| *噬	to devour / to bite


豕 shǐ	豕 \| 豕* \| *豕	hog / swine


三蘇 Sān Sū	三蘇 \| 三蘇* \| *三蘇	the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun 蘇洵｜苏洵 and his sons Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍｜苏辙)	三苏


舐 shì	舐 \| 舐* \| *舐	to lick / to lap (up)


安史之亂 Ān Shǐzhī Luàn	安史之亂 \| 安史之亂* \| *安史之亂	An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山｜安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty	安史之乱


三俠五義 Sānxiáwǔyì	三俠五義 \| 三俠五義* \| *三俠五義	Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話｜评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆	三侠五义


蓍 shī	蓍 \| 蓍* \| *蓍	yarrow (Achillea millefolium)


蝨 shī	蝨 \| 蝨* \| *蝨	louse	虱


蘇東坡 Sū Dōngpō	蘇東坡 \| 蘇東坡* \| *蘇東坡	Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾｜苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher	苏东坡


矢 shǐ	矢 \| 矢* \| *矢	arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎


塒 shí	塒 \| 塒* \| *塒	hen roost	埘


嗜 shì	嗜 \| 嗜* \| *嗜	addicted to / fond of / stem corresponding to -phil or -phile


襫 shì	襫 \| 襫* \| *襫	used in 襏襫｜袯襫


鼭 shí	鼭 \| 鼭* \| *鼭	a kind of rat


鰣 shí	鰣 \| 鰣* \| *鰣	used in 鰣魚｜鲥鱼	鲥


筮 shì	筮 \| 筮* \| *筮	divine by stalk


辻 shí	辻 \| 辻* \| *辻	(Japanese kokuji) street corner / intersection / used in Japanese personal and place names / pr. tsuji


鳾 shī	鳾 \| 鳾* \| *鳾	nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta)	䴓


諟 shì	諟 \| 諟* \| *諟	to examine / to judge	𬤊


恃 shì	恃 \| 恃* \| *恃	(bound form) to rely on / (literary) one's mother


螫 shì	螫 \| 螫* \| *螫	(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite


鰤 shī	鰤 \| 鰤* \| *鰤	yellowtail (Seriola qinqueradiata)	𫚕


乭 shí	乭 \| 乭* \| *乭	rock / phonetic "dol" used in names (Korean kugja)


尸 shī	尸 \| 尸* \| *尸	(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) / (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of 屍｜尸


絁 shī	絁 \| 絁* \| *絁	rough, indelicate silk


殭屍 jiāngshī	殭屍 \| 殭屍* \| *殭屍	gyonshi / jiang shi / Chinese vampire / zombie	僵尸


貰 shì	貰 \| 貰* \| *貰	to borrow / to buy on credit / to rent out	贳


湜 shí	湜 \| 湜* \| *湜	clear water / pure


栻 shì	栻 \| 栻* \| *栻	(tree)

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