施 (shī): (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc), to distribute (alms etc), to apply (fertilizer etc)
施 (shī) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc).” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 方 (structural) and 㐌 (structural). It ranks #553 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)
- to distribute (alms etc)
- to apply (fertilizer etc)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 施
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 施舍noun | shī shě | to give in charity |
| 施展verb | shī zhǎn | to use fully |
| 施加verb | shī jiā | to exert (effort or pressure) |
| 发号施令phrase | fā hào shī lìng | to boss people around (idiom) |
| 施压verb | shī yā | to pressure |
| 施工verb | shī gōng | construction |
| 无计可施phrase | wú jì kě shī | (lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom) |
| 施行verb | shī xíng | to put in place |
| 施瓦辛格proper-noun | shī wǎ xīn gé | Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947–), Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and politician, governor of California (2003–2011) |
| 施放verb | shī fàng | to fire |
| 乐善好施phrase | lè shàn hào shī | kind and charitable |
| 施特劳斯proper-noun | shī tè láo sī | Strauss (name) |
| 西施proper-noun | xī shī | Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by K... |
| 施密特 | shī mì tè | (surname) Schmidt or Schmitt |
| 施乐 | shī lè | Xerox |
施 appears in 98 compound words: 54 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 17 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 施 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
to do things in a perverse way; to go against good; to commit evil deeds
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things
to do things in a perverse way; to go against good; to commit evil deeds
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 施.
Example Sentences
老师教我们施字的发音和笔顺。
lǎo shī jiào wǒ men shī zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .
The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "施."
俄军打击乌能源设施 乌克兰多地大面积停电
é jūn dǎ jī wū néng yuán shè shī wū kè lán duō dì dà miàn jī tíng diàn
Russian forces hit Ukrainian energy facilities Large-scale power outages in many places in Ukraine
...征关税至15% 回应最高院判决 另引例实施150日
. . . zhēng guān shuì zhì 1 5 huí yīng zuì gāo yuàn pàn jué lìng yǐn lì shí shī 1 5 0 rì
... Tariffs to 15% in response to the Supreme People's Court's judgment and another example for 150 days
彭博示警 缓冲期过后祭301永久措施
彭 bó shì jǐng huǎn chōng qī guò hòu jì 3 0 1 yǒng jiǔ cuò shī
Bloomberg warns of permanent measures to sacrifice 301 after the buffer period
川普施压伊朗恐有反效果 使中东陷入新动荡
chuān pǔ shī yā yī lǎng kǒng yǒu fǎn xiào guǒ shǐ zhōng dōng xiàn rù xīn dòng dàng
Trump's pressure on Iran may have the opposite effect and plunge the Middle East into new turmoil
...店涨价 游客百元入住大理医院住宿中心:设施新兼免费泊车
. . . diàn zhǎng jià yóu kè bǎi yuán rù zhù dà lǐ yī yuàn zhù sù zhōng xīn : shè shī xīn jiān miǎn fèi bó chē
... Store price increase Tourists stay in Dali Hospital Accommodation Center for 100 yuan: new facilities and free parking
这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。
Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.
These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.
你们采取什么措施避孕？
Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?
What methods of contraception are you using?
我们采取了强有力的预防措施。
Wǒmen cǎiqǔ le qiángyǒulì de yùfáng cuòshī.
We took strong measures to prevent it.
预防措施比真正的治疗更有效。
Yùfáng cuòshī bǐ zhēnzhèng de zhìliáo gèng yǒuxiào.
Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.
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