斯 (sī): Slovakia, Slovak, abbr. for 斯洛伐克

斯 (sī) is a Chinese character meaning “slovakia.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 其 (structural) and 斤 (structural). It ranks #168 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. Slovakia
  2. Slovak
  3. abbr. for 斯洛伐克

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
福尔摩斯proper-nounfú ěr mó sīSherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯
俄罗斯proper-nouné luó sīRussia
詹姆斯proper-nounzhān mǔ sīJames (name)
巴斯proper-nounbā sīBath city in southwest England
查尔斯proper-nounchá ěr sīCharles
琼斯proper-nounqióng sīJones (name)
丹尼斯proper-noundān ní sīDennis (name)
奥斯卡proper-nounào sī kǎ(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award)
德克萨斯proper-noundé kè sà sīTexas, US state
布鲁斯proper-nounbù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)
史密斯proper-nounshǐ mì sīSmith (name)
穆斯林nounmù sī línMuslim
路易斯proper-nounlù yì sī(name) Louis
莫斯科proper-nounmò sī kēMoscow, capital of Russia
巴基斯坦proper-nounbā jī sī tǎnPakistan
130
Total compounds
12
As first character
62
As last character
27
As middle character

斯 appears in 130 compound words: 12 as the first character, 62 as the last, and 27 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 斯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

俄é
0.639240,789 co-occurrences
坦tǎn
0.614142,981 co-occurrences
克kè
0.572418,048 co-occurrences
特tè
0.555344,436 co-occurrences
托tuō
0.55598,414 co-occurrences
罗luó
0.540185,277 co-occurrences
蒂dì
0.54074,012 co-occurrences
卡kǎ
0.537157,108 co-occurrences
姆mǔ
0.53586,406 co-occurrences
莫mò
0.53473,736 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (98)

阿尔卑斯Ā'ěrbēisīHSK 7+

Alps

阿喀琉斯Ākāliúsī

Achilles

阿斯利康ĀsīlìkāngHSK 7+

AstraZeneca (the COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company)

阿斯匹灵āsīpǐlíngHSK 7+

aspirin

noun
埃涅阿斯Āiniè'āsī

Aeneas

爱丽斯泉Àilìsī QuánHSK 7+

Alice Springs (a town in the Northern Territory, Australia)

爱斯基摩ÀisījīmóHSK 7+

Eskimo

爱因斯坦ÀiyīnsītǎnHSK 7+

Einstein

奥德修斯ÀodéxiūsīHSK 7+

Odysseus

奥古斯都ÀogǔsīdūHSK 7+

Augustus

奥古斯塔ÀogǔsītǎHSK 7+

Augusta (a city, the state capital of Maine, United States)

奥斯威辛ÀosīwēixīnHSK 7+

Auschwitz (a city in Poland); Auschwitz (the concentration camp)

Showing 12 of 98 idioms containing 斯.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

老师教我们斯字的发音和笔顺。

lǎo shī jiào wǒ men sī zì de fā yīn hé bǐ shùn .

The teacher taught us the pronunciation and stroke order of the character "斯."

WorldjournalFeb 2026

冬奥/男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉斯创5金纪录

dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù

Winter Olympics/Men's 4-man bobsleigh, Lochner reached the top again, and Margis set a 5-gold record

Hk01.comFeb 2026

...超|北伦敦打吡阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯、约基尼斯梅开二度

. . . chāo běi lún dūn dǎ 吡 ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , yuē jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù

... North London Derby Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Isis and Jokinis scored twice

Hk01.comFeb 2026

英超|阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯及基奥基尼斯各入两球

yīng chāo ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī jí jī ào jī ní sī gè rù liǎng qiú

Premier League | Arsenal beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 away to Isis and Keoginis scored two goals each

Hk01.comFeb 2026

英超|阿仙奴作客4:1胜热刺 伊斯、基奥基尼斯梅开二度

yīng chāo ā xiān nú zuò kè 4 : 1 shèng rè cì yī sī , jī ào jī ní sī méi kāi èr dù

Premier League | Arsenal beat Tottenham 4:1 away from home to Ys and Keoginis scored twice

Hk01.comFeb 2026

巴基斯坦空袭阿富汗境内 阿国防部:将作出适当回...

bā jī sī tǎn kōng xí ā fù hàn jìng nèi ā guó fáng bù : jiāng zuò chū shì dāng huí . . .

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan Afghan Ministry of Defense: will make an appropriate response...

Tatoeba

您曾经去过威尼斯吗?

Nín céngjīng qù guo Wēinísī ma?

Have you ever been to Venice?

Tatoeba

俄罗斯大使馆在哪儿?

éluósī dàshǐguǎn zài nǎr?

Where is the Russian embassy?

Tatoeba

吉姆是詹姆斯的简称。

Jímǔ shì Zhānmǔsī de jiǎnchēng.

Jim is short for James.

Tatoeba

这里曾是黑斯廷斯战役的战场。

Zhèlǐ céng shì Hēisītíngsī zhànyì de zhànchǎng.

This is the place where the battle of Hastings took place.

Character Family

斤 Radical Family — Characters sharing the axe radical

Homophones — Characters pronounced sī

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 斯 (sī) mean in Chinese?
斯 (sī) primarily means "slovakia." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #168 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 斯 have?
斯 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 斯?
The radical associated with 斯 is 斤 (axe). This radical appears in many characters related to axe.
What are the components of 斯?
斯 is composed of: 其 (structural), 斤 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰其斤 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 斯?
Common words with 斯 include: 福尔摩斯 (fú ěr mó sī, "Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯"); 俄罗斯 (é luó sī, "Russia"); 詹姆斯 (zhān mǔ sī, "James (name)"); 巴斯 (bā sī, "Bath city in southwest England"); 查尔斯 (chá ěr sī, "Charles"). There are over 130 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 斯 (sī)?
Several characters share the pronunciation sī: 思 (to think, thought), 死 (to die), 四 (four), 司 (to take charge of), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 斯 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 斯 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.