饰 (shì): decorate
饰 (shì) is a Chinese character meaning “decorate.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 饣 (phonetic) and 巾 (semantic). It ranks #1593 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 饰 cloth. Its radical form 饣 (eat) appears in many related characters such as 饭 (fàn, meal, rice), 饿 (è, hungry), 馆 (guǎn, restaurant, hall).
Definitions
- decorate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 饰
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掩饰verb | yǎn shì | to cover up |
| 首饰noun | shǒu shì | jewelry |
| 服饰noun | fú shì | apparel |
| 饰演verb | shì yǎn | to act |
| 装饰品noun | zhuāng shì pǐn | ornament |
| 修饰verb | xiū shì | to decorate |
| 饰品noun | shì pǐn | ornament |
| 头饰noun | tóu shì | head ornament |
| 配饰noun | pèi shì | ornament (jewelry, accoutrements etc) |
| 饰物noun | shì wù | decorations |
| 粉饰verb | fěn shì | to paint |
| 花饰noun | huā shì | ornamental design |
| 衣饰 | yī shì | clothes and ornaments |
| 佩饰 | pèi shì | ornament |
| 润饰verb | rùn shì | to adorn |
饰 appears in 56 compound words: 18 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 18 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 饰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这家店的装修风格很独特，吸引了很多年轻人。
Zhè jiā diàn de zhuāngxiū fēnggé hěn dútè, xīyǐn le hěn duō niánqīng rén.
This store's decoration style is very unique and attracts many young people.
...出全新《Call of Duty》联名服饰系列
. . . chū quán xīn C a l l o f D u t y lián míng fú shì xì liè
...launches a brand-new Call of Duty collaboration apparel collection
湖南15岁女为买iPhone偷家长13万饰品贱卖 母看二手店回收价气炸
hú nán suì nǚ wéi mǎi tōu jiā cháng wàn shì pǐn jiàn mài mǔ kàn èr shǒu diàn huí shōu jià qì zhà
A 15-year-old girl in Hunan stole 130,000 jewelry from her parents to buy an iPhone and sold it cheaply, and her mother saw the recycling price of second-hand stores
三一万能合|Sica一人分饰三角 凌文龙麦沛东岑珈其影海报笑到癫
sān yī wàn néng gě yī rén fēn shì sān jiǎo líng wén lóng mài pèi dōng 岑 珈 qí yǐng hǎi bào xiào dào 癫
Trinity Universal Combination | Sica alone plays the triangle Ling Wenlong, Mai Peidong, Cen Jia, and the poster of the film laughs crazy
...s 携手 SP5DER 推出全球鞋履与服饰联乘系列
. . . xié shǒu tuī chū quán qiú xié lǚ yǔ fú shì lián chéng xì liè
... s and SP5DER to launch a global shoe and apparel collaboration collection
她退货国家地理杂志服饰“控被肉搜IG” 业者回应了
tā tuì huò guó jiā dì lǐ zá zhì fú shì kòng bèi ròu sōu yè zhě huí yīng le
She returned National Geographic magazine clothing "accused of being searched by meat IG" The industry responded
汤姆不能掩饰他的失望。
Tāngmǔ bù néng yǎnshì tā de shīwàng.
Tom couldn't conceal his disappointment.
她穿着华丽的丝绸服饰。
Tā chuān zhe huálì de sīchóu fúshì.
She was dressed in rich silks.
汤姆帮助玛莉装饰圣诞树。
Tāngmǔ bāngzhù mǎ lì zhuāngshì Shèngdànshù.
Tom helped Mary decorate her Christmas tree.
先生小姐，你们买点什么首饰？
Xiānsheng xiǎojie, nǐmen mǎi diǎn shénme shǒushì?
Sir and Miss, what type of jewellery are you looking to buy?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 巾 (cloth) component
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