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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
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


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


十 shí	十 \| 十* \| *十	ten / 10	HSK 1


试 shì	试 \| 试* \| *试	to test / to try / experiment / examination / test	試 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 4


诗 shī	诗 \| 诗* \| *诗	poem / CL: 首 / poetry / verse	詩 HSK 5


拾 shí	拾 \| 拾* \| *拾	to pick up / to collate or arrange / ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	HSK 6


市 shì	市 \| 市* \| *市	market / city / CL: 個｜个


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


室 Shì	室 \| 室* \| *室	surname Shi


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


时 Shí	时 \| 时* \| *时	surname Shi	時


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


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


石 Shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊｜石家庄


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


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


士 Shì	士 \| 士* \| *士	surname Shi


士 shì	士 \| 士* \| *士	member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker


师 Shī	师 \| 师* \| *师	surname Shi	師


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


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


世 Shì	世 \| 世* \| *世	surname Shi


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


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


史 Shǐ	史 \| 史* \| *史	surname Shi


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


似 shì	似 \| 似* \| *似	used in 似的


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


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


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


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


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)


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


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


视 shì	视 \| 视* \| *视	old variant of 視｜视	眡


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


拭 shì	拭 \| 拭* \| *拭	to wipe


适 Shì	适 \| 适* \| *适	surname Shi	適


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


湿 shī	湿 \| 湿* \| *湿	moist / wet	濕


狮 shī	狮 \| 狮* \| *狮	lion	獅


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


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


饰 shì	饰 \| 饰* \| *饰	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	飾


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


柿 shì	柿 \| 柿* \| *柿	persimmon


尸 shī	尸 \| 尸* \| *尸	corpse	屍


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


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


匙 shi	匙 \| 匙* \| *匙	used in 鑰匙｜钥匙


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


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


屎 shǐ	屎 \| 屎* \| *屎	stool / feces / ear wax / nasal mucus


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


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


铈 shì	铈 \| 铈* \| *铈	cerium (chemistry)	鈰


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


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


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


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


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


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


湿 shī	湿 \| 湿* \| *湿	variant of 濕｜湿	溼


鲥 shí	鲥 \| 鲥* \| *鲥	shad / Ilisha elongata	鰣


恃 shì	恃 \| 恃* \| *恃	to rely on / mother (formal)


栻 shì	栻 \| 栻* \| *栻	(tree)


柿 shì	柿 \| 柿* \| *柿	old variant of 柿	柹


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


谥 shì	谥 \| 谥* \| *谥	posthumous name or title / to confer a posthumous title	諡


虱 shī	虱 \| 虱* \| *虱	louse


虱 shī	虱 \| 虱* \| *虱	louse	蝨


豕 shǐ	豕 \| 豕* \| *豕	hog / swine


奭 Shì	奭 \| 奭* \| *奭	surname Shi


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


莳 shí	莳 \| 莳* \| *莳	see 蒔蘿｜莳萝	蒔


莳 shì	莳 \| 莳* \| *莳	to grow / to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2]	蒔


东施效颦 Dōng Shīxiàopín	东施效颦 \| 东施效颦* \| *东施效颦	lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) / fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself	東施效顰


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


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


炻 shí	炻 \| 炻* \| *炻	stoneware


埘 shí	埘 \| 埘* \| *埘	hen roost	塒


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


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


饣 shí	饣 \| 饣* \| *饣	"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)	飠


筮 shì	筮 \| 筮* \| *筮	divine by stalk


浉河 Shī Hé	浉河 \| 浉河* \| *浉河	Shi River in Xinyang 信陽｜信阳, Henan	溮河


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


寔 shí	寔 \| 寔* \| *寔	really / solid


葹 shī	葹 \| 葹* \| *葹	Xanthium strumarium


三侠五义 Sānxiáwǔyì	三侠五义 \| 三侠五义* \| *三侠五义	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	三俠五義


澨 shì	澨 \| 澨* \| *澨	bank / shore / name of a river


襫 shì	襫 \| 襫* \| *襫	see 襏襫｜袯襫


祏 shí	祏 \| 祏* \| *祏	stone shrine


鸤 shī	鸤 \| 鸤* \| *鸤	turtledove	鳲


鼭 shí	鼭 \| 鼭* \| *鼭	a kind of rat


邿 shī	邿 \| 邿* \| *邿	place name


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


眂 shì	眂 \| 眂* \| *眂	old variant of 視｜视

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