Chinese Word Entry

Simplified Chinese form:

Mandarin (Zhuyin):
Mandarin (Pinyin): shī
Cantonese (Jyutping): ['si1']
Definitions:
  1. teacher

  2. master

  3. expert

  4. model

  5. army division

  6. (old) troops

  7. to dispatch troops


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Chinese characters used in this word

expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war, specialist, multitude, troops, hexagram ䷆
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕ (shī)
Cantonese: si1
Japanese: シ (shi) / いくさ (ikusa)、 みやこ (miyako)、 おさ (osa)
Korean: 사 (sa)
Vietnamese:
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