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侍

shì

Character

What 侍 means

1. to serve
2. to attend upon

Example sentences

• 没有人可以共侍二主。
  Méiyǒurén kěyǐ gòng shì èr zhǔ.
  No man can serve two masters.
• 在你侍酒前最好先将白葡萄酒冷却一下。
  Zài nǐ shì jiǔ qián zuì hǎo xiān jiāng bái pútaojiǔ lěngquè yīxià.
  It's better to chill white wine before you serve it.

Words starting with 侍

• 侍者shì zhěattendant; waiter
• 侍候shì hòuto serve; to wait upon
• 侍卫shì wèiImperial bodyguard
• 侍女shì nǚmaid
• 侍郎shì láng(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards…
• 侍从shì cóngto serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer
• 侍奉shì fèngto wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
• 侍应shì yìngwaiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生
• 侍弄shì nòngto look after; to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc); to repair
• 侍立shì lìto stand by in attendance
• 侍从官shì cóng guānaide-de-camp
• 侍应生shì yìng shēngwaiter; waitress
• 侍卫官shì wèi guānguard
• 侍妾shì qièconcubine

Words containing 侍

• 服侍fú shito attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after
• 陪侍péi shìto wait upon (older people); to accompany; attendant
• 妾侍qiè shìmaids and concubines
• 媵侍yìng shìconcubine (old)
• 十常侍shí cháng shìTen Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption
• 伏侍fú shivariant of 服侍

Characters built on 寺

These share the phonetic component 寺 (sì), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 诗shīpoem; poetry; verse
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Characters that look like 侍

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

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 诗shīpoem; poetry; verse
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
• 狰zhēngused in 狰狞

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼