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狮
獅
shī
1. lion
Very Common • Top 4%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

狮
shī
lion
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

山狮
shānshī
mountain lion
海狮
hǎishī
sea lion
狮城
Shīchéng
Lion city, nickname for Singapore [[新加坡<Xīnjiāpō>]]
狮子
Shīzǐ
Leo (star sign)
HSK 5
狮子
shīzi
lion
HSK 5
狮潭
Shītán
Shitan or Shihtan township in Miaoli county [[苗栗縣|苗栗县<Miáolìxiàn>]], northwest Taiwan
瑞狮
RuìShī
Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology
石狮
Shíshī
Shishi county level city in Quanzhou [[泉州<Quánzhōu>]], Fujian
石狮
shíshī
see [[石獅子|石狮子<shíshīzi>]]
舞狮
wǔshī
lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
雄狮
xióngshī
male lion
雌狮
císhī
lioness
小狮座
Xiǎoshīzuò
Leo Minor (constellation)
河东狮
Hédōngshī
shrew
狮子山
Shīzishān
Sierra Leone, West Africa (Tw)
狮子座
Shīzizuò
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
狮子狗
shīzigǒu
Pekingese
狮子乡
Shīzǐxiāng
Shihtzu township in Pingtung County [[屏東縣|屏东县<PíngdōngXiàn>]], Taiwan
狮子头
shīzitóu
lit. lion's head
狮尾狒
shīwěifèi
gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,210
Word Frequency Rank
3,551 of 84,292