1. verb to take charge of; to manage; to administer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 掌管 (ABC 'sī' 司 bf 1; GHC '司' sī 1; Guoyu '司' v 1; Kroll 2015 '司' 1; NCCED '司' 1; Unihan '司')
  2. noun a department under a ministry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 官署 (ABC 'sī' 司 n 1; GHC '司' sī 3; Guoyu '司' n 1; Kroll 2015 '司' 1b; NCCED '司' 2)
  3. verb to bear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous to 承担 in this sense
  4. verb to observe; to inspect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 观察 in this sense (GHC '司' sì 5; Kroll 2015 '司' 2)
  5. noun a government official; an official
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous to 官吏 in this sense (GHC '司' sī 2; Unihan '司')
  6. bound form si
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
    Notes: First syllable in two syllable names, such as 司马 (ABC 'sī' 司 bf 2; GHC '司' sī 4; Guoyu '司' n 2; Kroll 2015 '司' 3)

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  • 司射 (司射) 司射奉中 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《投壺》 The Game of Pitch-Pot — count: 113
  • 司正 (司正) 乃立司正焉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《鄉飲酒義》 The Meaning of the Drinking Festivity in the Districts — count: 54
  • 司士 (司士) 司士屬焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 35
  • 司宫 (司宮) 令司宮巷伯儆宮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 32
  • 司城 (司城) 公子蕩為司城 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 32
  • 氏司 (氏司) 使伯氏司里 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
  • 司会 (司會) 司會以歲之成 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
  • 宋司 (宋司) 宋司城來奔 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
  • 司败 (司敗) 臣歸死於司敗也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
  • 典司 (典司) 先君桓公命我先人典司宗祏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4