士 - Mandarin word #5116

士

shì

Traditional: 士

#5116 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

scholar; professional person (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

士

，，午wǔ。

Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.

。

She is a doctor (PhD).

。

This lady would like to ask a question.

。

He is a young soldier.

病bìng。

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)".

博士

doctor (PhD), doctorate

女士

lady, Ms., Miss (polite address for women)

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 士.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 103.