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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- 一丝一毫(一絲一毫) one thread, one hair; a tiny bit; an iota
- 丝柏(絲柏) cypress
- 摩丝(摩絲) hair mousse
- 螺丝钻(螺絲鑽) auger; gimlet; screwdriver (cocktail)
- 掐丝珐瑯(掐絲琺瑯) cloisonnist; cloisonné
- 丝丝小雨(絲絲小雨) fine drizzle
- 熔断丝(熔斷絲) fuse wire
- 雨丝(雨絲) drizzle; fine rain
- 钢丝(鋼絲) steel wire; tightrope
- 丝毫不差(絲毫不差) accurate to perfection; precise to the finest detail
- 生姜丝(生薑絲) shredded ginger
- 椰丝(椰絲) shredded coconut
- 吐丝自缚(吐絲自縛) to spin a cocoon around oneself; enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 丝网(絲網) silk screen; screen (printing)
- 发丝(髮絲) hair (on the head)
- 刺钢丝(刺鋼絲) barbed wire
- 钢丝绳(鋼絲繩) hawser; steel rope
- 喷丝头(噴絲頭) spinneret; extrusion nozzle
- 菸丝(菸絲) dried tobacco
- 丝织(絲織) woven silk
- 游丝(游絲) gossamer; hairspring
- 丝绒(絲絨) velvet
- 绞丝旁(絞絲旁) name of Kangxi radical 120
- 丝线(絲線) thread; silk yarn
- 丝绸古路(絲綢古路) the ancient Silk Road
- 克丝钳子(克絲鉗子) wire cutting pincers
- 刨丝器(刨絲器) grater; shredder
- 刺丝胞动物(刺絲胞動物) Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
- 丝织品(絲織品) a woven silk fabric
- 丝雨(絲雨) drizzle; fine rain
- 微丝血管(微絲血管) capillary blood vessels
- 单丝不成线,独木不成林(單絲不成線,獨木不成林) one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest
- 刺丝胞(刺絲胞) cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
- 屌丝(屌絲) loser
- 竹丝鸡(竹絲雞) black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie
- 金额丝雀(金額絲雀) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
- 丝绸之路(絲綢之路) the Silk Road
- 丝带(絲帶) a ribbon
- 慕丝(慕絲) mousse
- 金丝燕(金絲燕) Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
- 蕾丝(蕾絲) lace (textiles)
- 丝瓜(絲瓜) luffa; sponge gourd; Egyptian cucumber
- 冷丝丝(冷絲絲) a bit chilly
- 经丝彩色显花(經絲彩色顯花) warp brocade; woven fabric with single woof but colored warp
- 丝竹(絲竹) traditional Chinese musical instruments; music
- 水丝(水絲) (silver) of low purity; low grade
- 丝巾(絲巾) headscarf; kerchief; silk neckband
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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10 志第5 禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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