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shì
to explain, to interpret; to release
🔤 Pictophonetic: 釆 (collect) provides meaning, 睪 provides pronunciation
HSK 4 ✏️ 12 strokes Very Common • Top 8%

Words Using 释 (51)

解释
jiěshì
HSK 4
explanation / to explain / to interpret / to resolve / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
爱不释手
àibùshìshǒu
HSK 6
to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
释放
shìfàng
HSK 6
to release / to set free / to liberate (a prisoner) / to discharge
注释
zhùshì
HSK 6
marginal notes / annotation / to annotate / to add comments to text
shì
to explain / to release / Buddha (abbr. for [[釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼<Shìjiāmóuní>]]) / Buddhism
诠释
quánshì
to interpret / to comment and explain / to annotate / to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role) / to decode / interpretation / annotation
获释
huòshì
freed (from prison) / to obtain release
阐释
chǎnshì
to explain / to expound / to interpret / elucidation
解释器
jiěshìqì
interpreter (computing)
手不释卷
shǒubùshìjuàn
lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
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