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丝
絲
sī
1. silk
2. thread
3. trace
4. CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

丝
sī
silk, fine thread; wire; strings
HSK 5 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

雨丝
yǔsī
drizzle
纹丝
wénsī
tiny bit
螺丝
luósī
screw
铁丝
tiěsī
iron wire
丝柏
sībó
cypress
发丝
fàsī
hair (on the head)
花丝
huāsī
stalk (filament) of stamen
蕾丝
lěisī
lace (loanword) (textiles)
蚕丝
cánsī
natural silk (secreted by silkworm)
钢丝
gāngsī
steel wire
青丝
qīngsī
fine black hair
丝巾
sījīn
headscarf
丝路
SīLù
the Silk Road
丝足
sīzú
feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
丝缕
sīlǚ
silk thread
肉丝
ròusī
shredded meat
丝绒
sīróng
velvet
菌丝
jūnsī
mycelium
丝线
sīxiàn
thread
屌丝
diǎosī
loser (Internet slang)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,025
Word Frequency Rank
821 of 84,292

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