士 (shì)
Scholar; soldier; person trained in a certain field (e.g., nurse, master).
How 士 is written
- Strokes
- 3
- Traditional
- 士
- Simplified
- 士 (unchanged)
Common words using 士
- 人士 rénshì
- person; figure; public figure
- 博士 bóshì
- doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.
- 士兵 shìbīng
- soldier; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 女士 nǚshì
- lady; madam; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 戰士 zhànshì
- fighter; soldier; warrior
- 瑞士 ruìshì
- Switzerland
- 男士 nánshì
- man; gentleman
- 的士 díshì
- taxi (loanword, originally Hong Kong usage); also called 出租車|出租车 or 出租汽車|出租汽车
- 紳士 shēnshì
- gentleman
- 護士 hùshi
- nurse; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 俠士 xiáshì
- knight-errant
- 力士 lìshì
- strong man
士 in a sentence
她是一位護士。
Tā shì yī wèi hùshì.
“She is a nurse.”
How common is 士?
士 is the 372nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 69.4% of all running text.
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