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士
Shì
1. surname Shi
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 3 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

士
shì
scholar, gentleman; soldier
HSK 4 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

硕士
shuòshì
master's degree
HSK 4
进士
jìnshì
successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
会士
huìshì
member of religious order
相士
xiàngshì
fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
贴士
tiēshì
tip (loanword)
辩士
biànshì
eloquent person
征士
zhēngshì
soldier (in battle)
方士
fāngshì
alchemist
爵士
juéshì
knight
的士
dīshì
taxi (loanword)
谋士
móushì
skilled manipulator
贡士
gòngshì
(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination ([[殿試|殿试<diànshì>]])
贤士
xiánshì
virtuous person
军士
jūnshì
sergeant
多士
duōshì
toast (loanword)
巴士
bāshì
bus (loanword)
战士
zhànshì
fighter
文士
wénshì
literati
武士
wǔshì
warrior
烈士
lièshì
martyr

Alternate Entries

士
shì
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / first class military rank / specialist worker

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
371
Word Frequency Rank
436 of 84,292