仕 (shì): to serve as an official, an official
仕 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “to serve as an official.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 亻 (person). It ranks #3537 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to serve as an official
- an official
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕途 | shì tú | official career (formal) |
| 仕女 | shì nǚ | court lady |
| 学而优则仕 | xué ér yōu zé shì | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) |
| 安达仕 | ān dá shì | Andaz (hotel brand) |
| 爱马仕 | ài mǎ shì | Hermès (brand) |
| 出仕 | chū shì | to take up an official post |
| 卡仕达 | kǎ shì dá | (loanword) custard |
| 致仕 | zhì shì | to retire from a government post (old) |
| 仕宦 | shì huàn | (literary) to serve as an official |
仕 appears in 9 compound words: 33 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
她仕长得很美，心地也很善良。
tā shì cháng dé hěn měi , xīn dì yě hěn shàn liáng .
She is very beautiful and has a kind heart.
薛仕凌才刚被起诉!王子也卷闪兵案遭拘提 前三...
Xuē shì líng cái gāng bèi qǐ sù ! wáng zǐ yě juǎn shǎn bīng àn zāo jū tí qián sān . . .
Xue Shiling has just been indicted! Wang Zi has also been detained in connection with the "Flash Soldier" case...
自行到案却否认犯行 金钟影帝薛仕凌逃兵还诓医师背书 检求处2年半重刑
zì háng dào àn què fǒu rèn fàn háng jīn zhōng yǐng dì Xuē shì líng táo bīng hái 诓 yī shī bèi shū jiǎn qiú chǔ 2 nián bàn chóng xíng
Scholar Hsueh Shih-ling, a Golden Bell Award-winning actor, turned himself in but denied the charges; he evaded military service and even deceived a doctor into providing a false endorsement; prosecutors are seeking a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence
...ANDISK Optimus:闪迪奥丁马仕系列 SSD 宣布 6 月在中国市场上市
. . . A N D I S K O p t i m u s : shǎn dí ào dīng mǎ shì xì liè S S D xuān bù 6 yuè zài zhōng guó shì chǎng shàng shì
...ANDISK Optimus: SanDisk's Optimus series SSDs are set to launch in the Chinese market in June
Hermès是财富的象征?名媛爱马仕收藏大公开 陈雪铃小房子太吸睛
H e r m e s shì cái fù de xiàng zhēng ? míng 媛 ài mǎ shì shōu zàng dà gōng kāi chén xuě líng xiǎo fáng zǐ tài xī jīng
Is Hermès a Symbol of Wealth? A Peek into Socialites’ Hermès Collections—Chen Xueling’s Mini House Steals the Show
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