嗜 (shì): addicted to, fond of, stem corresponding to -phil or -phile
嗜 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “addicted to.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 耆 (phonetic). It ranks #2738 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嗜 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- addicted to
- fond of
- stem corresponding to -phil or -phile
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嗜好 | shì hào | hobby |
| 发作性嗜睡病 | fā zuò xìng shì shuì bìng | narcolepsy |
| 嗜杀成性 | shì shā chéng xìng | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜酒如命 | shì jiǔ rú mìng | to love wine as one's life (idiom) |
| 嗜酸性球 | shì suān xìng qiú | eosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell) |
| 嗜碱性球 | shì jiǎn xìng qiú | basophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell) |
| 嗜酸性粒细胞 | shì suān xìng lì xì bāo | eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
| 嗜碱性粒细胞 | shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo | basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell) |
| 嗜睡症 | shì shuì zhèng | hypersomnia |
| 嗜痂成癖 | shì jiā chéng pǐ | to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom) |
| 嗜血 | shì xuè | bloodthirsty |
| 嗜血杆菌 | shì xuè gǎn jūn | hemophile bacteria |
| 嗜欲 | shì yù | lust |
| 嗜酸乳杆菌 | shì suān rǔ gǎn jūn | Lactobacillus acidophilus |
嗜 appears in 14 compound words: 93 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 7 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 嗜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他嗜才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā shì cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He has a keen eye for talent, is highly articulate, and is an outstanding lawyer.
哈米尼丧命!前朝王储嗨:嗜血暴君亡
hā mǐ ní sāng mìng ! qián cháo wáng chǔ 嗨 : shì xiě bào jūn wáng
Hamini died! Hi the former crown prince: The bloodthirsty tyrant is dead
我父亲的嗜好是种玫瑰花。
Wǒ fùqīn de shìhào shì zhǒng méiguīhuā.
My father's hobby is growing roses.
编程语言是他的嗜好。
Biānchéng yǔyán shì tā de shìhào.
Programming languages are his hobby.
我的嗜好是看漫画书。
Wǒ de shìhào shì kàn mànhuà shū.
My hobby is reading comics.
他们有相同的嗜好。
Tāmen yǒu xiāngtóng de shìhào.
They have the same habits.
滑冰是我的嗜好之一。
Huábīng shì wǒ de shìhào zhīyī.
Skating is one of my hobbies.
我的嗜好就是弹钢琴。
Wǒ de shìhào jiùshì tán gāngqín.
My hobby is playing the piano.
我的嗜好是收集旧玩具。
Wǒ de shìhào shì shōují jiù wánjù.
My hobby is collecting old toys.
我的嗜好是做模型飞机。
Wǒ de shìhào shì zuò móxíng fēijī.
My hobby is making model planes.
Character Family
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