(sī) - phonetic particle, used in transliterations in Mandarin
sīTraditional: 斯
Translation
phonetic particle, used in transliterations
Word origin
斯 (sī) chiefly serves as a phonetic syllable in transliterations and a classical demonstrative 'this'. It is a phono-semantic compound with 斤 (axe) as one element and 其 (qí) as the phonetic component.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 其 (qí, phonetic) + 斤 (jīn, axe)
Stroke order
斯
Examples
俄。
He is from Russia.
。
Paris is a person's name.
。
This name includes the character斯.
姓。
His surname is Smith.
格，。
She is English and her name contains the character斯.
斯 (sī) means phonetic particle, used in transliterations. It is used as an other element in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 斯.
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