士 shì

1. shì noun a gentleman; a knight
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 男子的美称 (Guoyu '士' n 2; Kroll 2015 '士' 2; Unihan '士'; XHZD '士' 3)
2. shì noun Kangxi radical 33
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Scholar (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '士' n 12)
3. shì noun a soldier
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 士兵 (Guoyu '士' n 8; Kroll 2015 '士' 5; Unihan '士'; XHZD '士' 5)
4. shì noun a social stratum
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Between 庶人 common people and 大夫 second level minister (Guoyu '士' n 4; XHZD '士' 1)
5. shì noun an unmarried man; a man
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 未婚的男子 (Guoyu '士' n 1; Kroll 2015 '士' 1; XHZD '士' 2)
6. shì bound form somebody trained in a specialized field
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 护士 'nurse' (Guoyu '士' n 10; Kroll 2015 '士' 4; XHZD '士' 6)
7. shì noun a scholar
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 学士 (Guoyu '士' n 3; Kroll 2015 '士' 3; Unihan '士')
8. shì bound form a respectful term for a person
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 男士 or 女士 (Guoyu '士' n 7)
9. shì bound form corporal; sergeant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Military
   Notes: A prefix for 军衔 'military rank'; as in 下士 'Lance Corporal', 中士 'Corporal', 上士 'Sergeant' (Guoyu '士' 9; Wikipedia '中国人民解放军陆军军衔')
10. shì proper noun Shi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '士' n 11)

Contained in

• 贫士(貧士) a poor person
• 昆士兰(崑士蘭) Queensland, northeast Australian state
• 隐士(隱士) a hermit
• 小型巴士 minibus; microbus
• 抄经士(抄經士) copyist; scribe
• 起士 cheese
• 瑞士人 Swiss
• 爵士鼓 drum kit
• 瑞士法郎(瑞士法郎) Swiss franc
• 士马(士馬) troops and horses
• 士丹利 Stanley (name)
• 非利士 Philistine
• 相士 fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
• 名誉博士(名譽博士) honorary doctorate; Doctor Honoris Causae
• 介士 an armored soldier ; an upright person
• 士卒 a soldier; a private
• 博士买驴(博士買驢) the scholar buys a donkey; long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
• 爵士乐(爵士樂) jazz
• 士子 official; scholar
• 铁甲武士(鐵甲武士) a [European style] knight
• 人权斗士(人權鬥士) a human rights activist; a fighter for human rights
• 女士优先(女士優先) Ladies first!
• 耶稣会士(耶穌會士) a Jesuit; member of Society of Jesus
• 道士 a devotee; a practioner; a follower; a monk; a Confucian scholar ; a Taoist scholar
• 白衣战士(白衣戰士) warrior in white; medical worker
• 法学士(法學士) Bachelor of Laws; Legum Baccalaureus
• 战士(戰士) fighter; soldier; warrior
• 修士 member of religious order; frater
• 爵士音乐(爵士音樂) jazz
• 哈士蟆 Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
• 沙士 sarsaparilla; root beer ; SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
• 男士 man; gentleman
• 穷巷士(窮巷士) a scholar from a poor neighborhood
• 神学士(神學士) Bachelor of Divinity
• 瑞士卷(瑞士捲) Swiss roll
• 博士茶 rooibos tea
• 医学博士学位(醫學博士學位) Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 各界人士 all walks of life
• 骑士(騎士) a horseman; cavalryman ; a a moped rider ; a a knight

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富士山 、 士林区 、 富士 、 波士顿 、 纽宾士域省 、 苏伊士运河 、 七武士 、 查士丁尼 、 披头士 、 君士坦丁大帝 、 士燮 、 苏伊士

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• 卷一百四十八 列傳第三十六 楊士奇 楊榮 楊溥 Volume 148 Biographies 36: Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu History of Ming 明史 — count: 102
• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 85
• 卷一百二十三 列傳第十一 陳友諒 張士誠 方國珍 明玉珍 Volume 123 Biographies 11: Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, Ming Yuzhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 77
• 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 68
• Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 65
• 卷十一　齊四 Chapter 11: Qi IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 64
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 63
• 卷九十二　列傳第八十:　　恩幸 Volume 92 Biographies 80: Noble Favorites History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 62
• 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 61
• 卷一百五十六　列傳第四十三: 董文炳 張弘範 Volume 156 Biographies 43: Dong Wenbing, Zhang Hongfan History of Yuan 元史 — count: 55

Collocations

• 卿士 (卿士) 皇父卿士 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧十月之交 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Shi Yue Zhi Jiao — count: 24
• 士匄 (士匄) 召士匄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 23
• 士会 (士會) 士會攝右 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 16
• 晋士 (晉士) 晉士蒍又與群公子謀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 15
• 使士 (使士) 晉侯使士蒍為二公子築蒲與屈 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 15
• 士鲂 (士魴) 晉侯使士魴來乞師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 14
• 士蒍 (士蒍) 士蒍曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 12
• 庶士 (庶士) 求我庶士 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧摽有梅 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Piao You Mei — count: 11
• 士縠 (士縠) 晉士縠盟于垂隴 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 7
• 士鞅 (士鞅) 與士鞅馳秦師死焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6