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丝

sī

HSK 5 Character Traditional 絲

What 丝 means

1. silk
2. thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
3. classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

Example sentences

• 穿丝袜！
  Wear silk socks!
• 穿上丝袜！
  Put on your stockings!
• 爱丽丝笑了。
  Alice smiled.
• 我是你的粉丝。
  Wǒ shì nǐ de fěnsī.
  I am your fan.
• 她正在穿丝袜。
  Tā zhèngzài chuān sīwà.
  She is wearing stockings right now.
• 她把生菜切丝。
  She shredded the lettuce.

Words starting with 丝

• 丝毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
• 丝绸sī chóusilk (cloth)
• 丝袜sī wàstockings; pantyhose
• 丝绸之路Sī chóu zhī Lùthe Silk Road
• 丝绒sī róngvelvet
• 丝线sī xiànsilk thread (for sewing); silk yarn (for weaving)
• 丝带sī dàiribbon
• 丝路Sī Lùthe Silk Road; abbr. for 丝绸之路
• 丝瓜sī guāluffa; loofah; sponge gourd
• 丝竹sī zhútraditional Chinese musical instruments; music
• 丝印sī yìnscreen printing (abbr. for 丝网印刷
• 丝状sī zhuàngthread-like
• 丝米sī mǐdecimillimeter; 0.0001 meters
• 丝网sī wǎngsilk screen; screen (printing)
• 丝足sī zúfeet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
• 丝状物sī zhuàng wùfilament
• 丝织品sī zhī pǐnitem made from woven silk or rayon
• 丝织物sī zhī wùwoven silk fabric
• 丝毫不差sī háo bù chāaccurate to perfection (idiom); precise to the finest detail
• 丝状病毒sī zhuàng bìng dúfilovirus
• 丝滑sī huá(of food, skin, hair etc) silky; smooth; (fig.) smooth; effortless; seamless
• 丝雨sī yǔdrizzle; fine rain
• 丝柏sī bócypress
• 丝丝小雨sī sī xiǎo yǔfine drizzle

Words containing 丝

• 一丝不苟yī sī bù gǒunot one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous…
• 螺丝钉luó sī dīngscrew
• 粉丝fěn sībean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan…
• 铁丝tiě sīiron wire; subway enthusiast (abbr. for 地铁粉丝; railway enthusiast (abbr. for 铁路粉丝
• 铁丝网tiě sī wǎngwire netting
• 肉丝ròu sīshredded meat; shredded pork
• 螺丝luó sīscrew
• 钢丝gāng sīsteel wire; tightrope
• 发丝fà sīhair (on the head)
• 一丝不挂yī sī bù guànot wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing…
• 血丝xuè sīwisps of blood; visible veins; (of eyes) bloodshot
• 蛛丝马迹zhū sī mǎ jìlit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces
• 纹丝不动wén sī bù dòngto not move a single jot (idiom)
• 真丝zhēn sīsilk; pure silk
• 雨丝yǔ sīdrizzle; fine rain
• 一丝一毫yī sī yī háoone thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
• 千丝万缕qiān sī wàn lǚ(idiom) intricately interconnected
• 青丝qīng sīfine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
• 蚕丝cán sīnatural silk (secreted by silkworm)
• 烟丝yān sīloose tobacco; fine-cut tobacco; (literary) wisp of smoke; thin strand of smoke
• 游丝yóu sīgossamer; hairspring
• 螺丝刀luó sī dāoscrewdriver
• 金丝猴jīn sī hóugolden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
• 厂丝chǎng sīfilature silk

Characters that look like 丝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 西xīwest
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 伪wěifalse; fake; forged
• 弛chíto unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 匝zā(literary) to encircle; to go around; to surround; (literary) whole; full…
• 円yuányen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圆

Sounds the same

Read sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斯(phonetic); this
• 司to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 思to think; to consider
• 私personal; private; selfish
• 撕to tear
• 厮(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 嘶hiss; neigh; Ss!…
• 咝(onomatopoeia) to hiss; to whistle; to whiz
• 锶strontium (chemistry)
• 蛳snail
• 鸶heron
• 虒amphibious animal with one horn