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恃
shì
1. to rely on
2. mother (formal)
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

恃
shì
to trust, to rely on; to presume
9 丶

Compound Words (9)

仗恃
zhàngshì
to rely on
可恃
kěshì
reliable
失恃
shīshì
to lose sb one relies upon
怙恃
hùshì
to rely on
凭恃
píngshì
to depend on
自恃
zìshì
self esteem
恃强欺弱
shìqiángqīruò
to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
恃才傲物
shìcáiàowù
to be inordinately proud of one's ability
有恃无恐
yǒushìwúkǒng
secure in the knowledge that one has backing

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,218
Word Frequency Rank
4,317 of 84,292