Shi

Anagrams

 * his, His
 * IHS
 * ish, Ish

Noun

 * 1) rain

Etymology
sic:. Compare to Daco-Romanian şi:.

Conjunction

 * 1) and
 * 2) also

Pronoun

 * 1) I, me (first-person singular)

Related terms

 * sh-

Noun

 * 1) 四: four
 * 2) 師: teacher
 * 3) 仕: civil service
 * 4) 詩: poem, verse
 * 5) 死: death
 * 6) 市: city, town
 * 7) し: hiragana letter shi
 * 8) シ: katakana letter shi

Verb

 * 1) be
 * zhe shi ta de di-yi ci huaiyun.
 * This was her first pregnancy.
 * yingyangshi shi yige yingyang zhuanjia.
 * A nutritionist is a nutrition expert.


 * 1) * aspirin shi yizhong zhitongyao.
 * aspirin is a kind of painkiller.
 * 1) * Obama shi Meiguo di-yi ge Heiren zongtong.
 * Obama is the the first Black president of the USA.
 * 1) * renzaoyu shi yi-zhong renzao de yuyan, piru Shijieyu.
 * artificial language is a kind of man-made language, such as Esperanto.
 * 1) * Shijieyu shi yi-zhong renzao yuyan.
 * Shìjièyǔ shì yī-zhǒng rénzào yǔyán.
 * Esperanto is an artificial language.
 * 1) * Hanyu Pinyin shi xuexi huozhe shiyong Hanyu he Hanzi de gongju.
 * Hànyǔ Pīnyīn shì xuéxí huòzhě shǐyòng Hànyǔ hé Hànzì de gōngjù.
 * 漢語拼音是學習或者使用漢語和漢字的工具.
 * 汉语拼音是学习或者使用汉语和汉字的工具.
 * Pinyin is a tool for learning or using Hanyu and Hanzi.
 * 1) * wo shi Yingguoren.
 * 我 是 英國人.
 * 我 是 英国人.
 * I am British. (Literal meaning: I am British person.)
 * 1) * ni shi nali ren?
 * Where are you from?
 * 1) * shíjiàn shi jianyan zhenli de biaozhun.
 * Practice is the standard for testing truth.
 * 1) * Chéngdū shì Zhōngguó xīnán de dà chéngshì.
 * 成都是中國西南的大城市.
 * 成都是中国西南的大城市.
 * Chengdu is a big city of the southwest China.
 * 1) * tā shì yī ge chéngshí de háizi.
 * 她/他是一個誠實的孩子.
 * 她/他是一个诚实的孩子.
 * She/he is an honest child.
 * 1) * xu4jiu3 bei renwei shi yige zhuyao de shehui wenti.
 * Alcoholism is recognized as a major social problem.
 * 1) * yangrou shi yi-zhong bu3shen1 de roulei.
 * Mutton/lamb is a kind of nourishing meats.
 * 1) * Huhehaote shi Zhongguo Neimenggu Zizhiqu de shoufu.
 * Hohhot is the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.
 * 1) * weishenme shi nayang?
 * why's that?
 * 1) * Makesizhuyi shi yi-zhong weiwuzhuyi zhexue.
 * Marxism is a kind of materialistic philosophy.
 * 1) * zhe shi yige kexing de fang'an.
 * this is a workable scheme.
 * 1) * zhengfu caiqu zhizhi tonghuo pengzhang de fangzhen shi zhengque de.
 * the government was correct to follow a course of defeating inflation.
 * 1) * ta shi women gongsi bumen de zhǔrèn.
 * she/he is the supervisor of a department of our company.
 * 1) * songcai shengjiangji shi yi-zhong song fan-cai de xiaoxing shengjiangji.
 * dumbwaiter is a kind of small lift for delivering meal.
 * 1) * jingyan shi zuihao de laoshi.
 * experience is the best teacher.
 * 1) * duoyinjiehua shi yuyan fazhan de fangxiang.
 * polysyllablization is the trend of language development.
 * 1) * paishengci shi yige cong qita ci paisheng chulai de ci.
 * derivative is a word that derives from another one.
 * 1) * yuyan wenzi shi renlei shehui shíjiàn de chanwu.
 * language is the product of the practice of the human society.
 * 1) * Zhongguo Renmin Daxue de geyan shi "shishiqiushi".
 * the motto of Renmin University of China is to "Seek Truth from Facts".

Derived terms

 * bushi
 * jiushi
 * yeshi
 * haishi
 * jiushishuo

Adjective

 * 1) yes; right
 * youde shuo shi, youde shuo bushi.
 * Some say yes and some say no.

Number

 * 1) ten

Verb

 * 1) make
 * suiran juli hen yuan, danshi hùliánwǎng shí(shǐ) wǒ·men kaojin. -- "We are closed with each other by Internet though far apart."

Noun

 * 1) stone

Derived terms

 * yishi'erniao

Pinyin

 * 1) 識/识: recognize, understand, know

Pinyin syllable
shi


 * 1) A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, shī, shí, shǐ, or shì.

Pronoun

 * 1)  she