丝 (絲) sī
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sī
noun
silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '絲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '絲' 1; Unihan '絲') -
sī
measure word
thread; trace
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (Guoyu '絲' n 4; Unihan '絲') -
sī
noun
a thread
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '絲' n 3; Kroll 2015 '絲' 2) -
sī
adjective
thin; slender
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '絲' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '絲' 2a) -
sī
adjective
extremely small; minature
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '絲' 2b) -
sī
noun
silk clothing; silk goods
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 丝织品 (Guoyu '絲' n 2; Kroll 2015 '絲' 3) -
sī
noun
the string of a musical instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '絲' n 5; Kroll 2015 '絲' 4)
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- 疣鼻金丝猴(疣鼻金絲猴) golden snub-nosed monkey
- 螺丝(螺絲) screw
- 吐丝(吐絲) (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
- 永不生锈的螺丝钉(永不生銹的螺絲釘) a screw that never rusts — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷锋, to whom the metaphor is attributed
- 铁丝(鐵絲) barbwire
- 纹丝不动(紋絲不動) to not move a single jot
- 金丝猴(金絲猴) golden snub-nosed monkey
- 藕断丝连(藕斷絲連) lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined; lovers part, but still long for one another
- 蕾丝边(蕾絲邊) lesbian
- 菌丝(菌絲) mycelium; hypha
- 生姜丝(生薑絲) shredded ginger
- 丝绸织物(絲綢織物) silk fabric
- 刺丝胞(刺絲胞) cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
- 丝足(絲足) feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
- 丝瓜(絲瓜) luffa; sponge gourd; Egyptian cucumber
- 丝绸(絲綢) silk
- 螺丝起子(螺絲起子) screwdriver
- 葫芦丝(葫蘆絲) hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
- 蕾丝花边(蕾絲花邊) lace border
- 慕丝(慕絲) mousse
- 干煸土豆丝(乾煸土豆絲) dry-fried potato slices
- 螺丝钻(螺絲鑽) auger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
- 螺丝粉(螺絲粉) gemelli (corkscrew shaped pasta)
- 丝织物(絲織物) woven silk
- 缂丝(緙絲) kesi; Chinese silk tapestry
- 花丝(花絲) stalk (filament) of stamen
- 酸辣土豆丝(酸辣土豆絲) hot and sour shredded potato
- 丝线(絲線) thread; silk yarn
- 螺丝钉(螺絲釘) a screw
- 轴丝(軸絲) axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
- 熟丝(熟絲) silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
- 切成丝(切成絲) to grate; to shred (vegetable)
- 喷丝头(噴絲頭) spinneret; extrusion nozzle
- 冷丝丝(冷絲絲) a bit chilly
- 牵丝(牽絲) to pull a thread ; to tie a thread
- 水丝(水絲) (silver) of low purity; low grade
- 螺丝帽(螺絲帽) nut (female component of nut and bolt)
- 刨丝器(刨絲器) grater; shredder
- 严丝合缝(嚴絲合縫) to fit tightly ; to join seamlessly; to fit snugly
- 刺丝胞动物(刺絲胞動物) Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
- 青丝(青絲) fine black hair ; sliced dried plum
- 丝光椋鸟(絲光椋鳥) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
- 保险丝(保險絲) fuse wire; (electrical) fuse
- 铜丝(銅絲) copper wire
- 铁杆粉丝(鐵桿粉絲) die-hard fan
- 病来如山倒,病去如抽丝(病來如山倒,病去如抽絲) sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk; expect to convalesce slowly
- 丝巾(絲巾) headscarf; kerchief; silk neckband
- 土豆丝(土豆絲) julienned potato
- 柘丝(柘絲) silk from worms fed on Chinese mulberry leaves
- 饵丝(餌絲) a kind of rice-flour noodles from Yunnan province
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- 卷九十五 志第四十四: 食貨三 Volume 95 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 202
- 卷七十八 志第二十八: 輿服一 Volume 78 Treatises 31: Carriages and Clothes 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 70
- 卷九十三 志第四十二: 食貨一 Volume 93 Treatises 46: Finance and Economics 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 49
- 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 28
- 卷六十七 志第四十三 輿服三 Volume 67 Treatises 43: Carriages and Clothing 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 18
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 17
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16
- 卷七十八 志第五十四 食貨二 Volume 78 Treatises 54: Finance and Economics 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 16
- 卷10 志第5 禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 16
- 卷四十一 志第三十一 地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 15
Collocations
- 衣丝 (衣絲) 不衣絲麻 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八 人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 8
- 麻丝 (麻絲) 未有麻絲 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮運》 Ceremonial Usages; their Origins, Development, and Intention — count: 8
- 朱丝 (朱絲) 獻子以朱絲係玉二榖而禱曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
- 丝麻 (絲麻) 雖有絲麻 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
- 治丝 (治絲) 猶治絲而棼之也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
- 素丝 (素絲) 素絲五紽 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧羔羊 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Gao Yang — count: 6
- 兔丝 (兔絲) 上有兔絲 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 6
- 丝纩 (絲纊) 丹漆絲纊竹箭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 5
- 丝衣 (絲衣) 絲衣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧絲衣 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Si Yi — count: 5
- 漆丝 (漆絲) 厥貢漆絲 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 4