shì
matter
thing
item
work
affair
CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
shí
o'clock
time
when
hour
season
period
shǐ
to make
to cause
to enable
to use
to employ
to send
to instruct sb to do sth
envoy
messenger
shì
room
work unit
grave
scabbard
family or clan
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
shì
member of the senior ministerial class (old)
scholar (old)
bachelor
honorific
soldier
noncommissioned officer
specialist worker
shí
to eat
food
animal feed
eclipse
shì
to test
to try
experiment
examination
test
shí
real
true
honest
really
solid
fruit
seed
definitely
shǐ
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
shí
rock
stone
stone inscription
one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
shì
to look at
to regard
to inspect
shī
teacher
master
expert
model
army division
(old) troops
to dispatch troops
shì
life
age
generation
era
world
lifetime
epoch
descendant
noble
shǐ
to begin
to start
then
only then
shī
to grant
to give
to bestow
to act
to carry out
shì
power
influence
potential
momentum
tendency
trend
situation
conditions
outward appearance
sign
gesture
male genitals
yāng shì
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[zhōng gúo zhōng yāng diàn shì tái]
shī
poem
CL:首[shou3]
poetry
verse
shì
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
shī
Seriola qinqueradiata
yellow tail
shí
to nibble away at sth
to eat into
to erode
shǐ
to gallop
speedily
to proceed to
to pilot (ship, plane etc)
to sail
shì
to serve as an official
an official
the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
shì
to rely on
mother (formal)
shí
to know
knowledge
Taiwan pr. [shi4]
Sū Shì
Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1] northern Song Dynasty writer and calligrapher
one of the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
shí
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc)
assorted
miscellaneous
Hú Shì
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
shǐ
arrow
dart
straight
to vow
to swear
old variant of 屎[shi3]
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