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

• 招贤纳士(招賢納士) invite the talented and call the valorous; to recruit talent
• 王士禛 Wang Shizhen
• 志士 a person with ideals or aspirations
• 兵士 an ordinary soldier
• 昆士兰州(昆士蘭州) Queensland (Australia)
• 女士优先(女士優先) Ladies first!
• 双层巴士(雙層巴士) double-decker bus
• 本士 pence; penny
• 骑士气概(騎士氣概) chivalry
• 专业人士(專業人士) a professional
• 雅皮士 yuppie
• 无名战士墓(無名戰士墓) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• 有识之士(有識之士) a person with knowledge and experience
• 传教士(傳教士) a missionary
• 分析人士 analyst; expert
• 非利士族 Philistine
• 凡士林 vaseline
• 骑士(騎士) a horseman; cavalryman ; a a moped rider ; a a knight
• 策士 strategist; counsellor on military strategy
• 大士 the Buddha; mahāpurusa ; a bodhisattva; mahāsattva ; an eminent figure
• 革命烈士 martyr of the revolution
• 义士(義士) high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
• 文科学士(文科學士) Bachelor of Arts B.A.
• 企业管理硕士(企業管理碩士) Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• 奇士 an expert
• 爪士 a soldier
• 士师记(士師記) Book of Judges
• 各界人士 all walks of life
• 修士 member of religious order; frater
• 斗牛士(鬥牛士) matador; toreador; bullfighter
• 智障人士 person with learning difficulties (handicap); retarded person
• 嬉皮士 hippie
• 摩托车的士(摩托車的士) motorcycle taxi
• 狂战士(狂戰士) berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
• 博士 Ph.D. ; an imperial scholar
• 士兵 soldier
• 神学士(神學士) Bachelor of Divinity
• 游侠骑士(遊俠騎士) a knight-errant
• 瑜伽士 a yogi
• 千里馈粮，士有饥色(千里饋糧，士有飢色) provisions from a thousand li away cannot feed starving soldiers

Also contained in

武士彟 、 邦巴士提 、 加德士 、 休士顿 、 调御士 、 开士 、 无上士 、 波士尼亚 、 巴士拉 、 莎士比亚 、 波士顿红袜

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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: 62
• 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: 53

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 众士 (眾士) 肆予以爾眾士 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 6