屎 (shǐ): feces, excrement, a stool
屎 (shǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “feces.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (structural) and 米 (structural). It ranks #3027 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 屎 a person, crouched 尸 defecating 米; 米 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 尸 (corpse) appears in many related characters such as 层 (céng, to pile on top of one another), 居 (jū, to reside), 展 (zhǎn, to spread out).
Definitions
- feces
- excrement
- a stool
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA person, crouched 尸 defecating 米; 米 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿸尸米 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耳屎noun | ěr shǐ | earwax |
| 眼屎noun | yǎn shǐ | sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) |
| 狗吃屎adverb | gǒu chī shǐ | to fall flat on one's face (vulgar) |
| 屎壳郎noun | shǐ ké làng | see 屎蚵螂 |
| 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 | chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de | (lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying) |
| 狗改不了吃屎proverb | gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ | lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) |
| 一把屎一把尿 | yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào | to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom) |
| 拉不出屎来怨茅房 | lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng | lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom) |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom) |
| 鸟不拉屎 | niǎo bù lā shǐ | (lit.) (a place where) birds don't defecate |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu | see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 |
| 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) |
| 石屎森林noun | shí shǐ sēn lín | (dialect) concrete jungle |
| 占着茅坑不拉屎phrase | zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ | lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) |
| 骑脖子拉屎 | qí bó zi lā shǐ | (lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying) |
屎 appears in 32 compound words: 9 as the first character, 47 as the last, and 44 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 屎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
老师教我们屎字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men shǐ zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character for "shit."
竟然能把一坨屎放在电影院里，大家都觉得这得去打卡一下，纪念一下。
jìng rán néng bǎ yī 坨 shǐ fàng zài diàn yǐng yuàn lǐ , dà jiā dōu jué dé zhè dé qù dǎ kǎ yī xià , jì niàn yī xià .
They actually put a pile of poop in a movie theater, and everyone felt like they had to go check it out and commemorate the moment.
同期上新的橙 C 凤梨冰柠茶使用鲜橙、菲律宾凤梨、鸭屎香茶底和香水柠檬。
tóng qī shàng xīn de chéng C fèng lí bīng 柠 chá shǐ yòng xiān chéng , Fēi lǜ bīn fèng lí , yā shǐ xiāng chá de hé xiāng shuǐ 柠 檬 .
The Orange C Pineapple Iced Lemon Tea, which was launched at the same time, features fresh oranges, Philippine pineapples, Yashi Xiang tea, and perfume lemons.
所有支撑结构在用了十二小时左右都需要摘出来清理一下挂在上面的粘液和鼻腔内积蓄的鼻屎。
suǒ yǒu zhī chēng jié gòu zài yòng le shí èr xiǎo shí zuǒ yòu dōu xū yāo zhāi chū lái qīng lǐ yī xià guà zài shàng miàn de nián yè hé bí qiāng nèi jī xù de bí shǐ .
After about twelve hours of use, all support structures need to be removed to clean off the mucus and nasal discharge that has accumulated on them.
如果你在屎山里面傲游过，大概能理解我在说什么。
rú guǒ nǐ zài shǐ shān lǐ miàn ào yóu guò , dà gài néng lǐ jiě wǒ zài shuō shén má .
If you've ever swum through a mountain of shit, you'll probably know what I'm talking about.
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced shǐ
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