(shì) - scholar; professional person (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
shìTraditional: 士
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Translation
scholar; professional person (bound morpheme)
Word origin
A pictograph said to depict an axe or a man standing tall, taken to represent a scholar or a person of standing.
- Origin
- pictographic
- Root
- depicts a standing figure or an axe-bearing official
Stroke order
士
Examples
，，。
Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
。
She is a doctor (PhD).
。
This lady would like to ask a question.
。
He is a young soldier.
。
The nurses look after the patients.
士 (shì) is a bound morpheme for scholars or qualified professionals, used in 女士 (nǚ shì) "lady, Ms." and 博士 (bó shì) "doctor (PhD)".
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 士.
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