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厮

sī

Character Traditional 廝

What 厮 means

1. bound formtogether; each other
2. bound formmale servant
3. bound formdude; so-and-so (used in {那厮|nà sī} and {这厮|zhè sī})

Other readings

厮 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sīvariant of {厮|sī}

Words starting with 厮

• 厮杀sī shāto fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
• 厮守sī shǒuto stay together; to rely on one another
• 厮混sī hùn(derog.) to hang out (with sb); to mix (things) together
• 厮打sī dǎto come to blows; to tussle
• 厮搏sī bóto come to blows; to fight; to tussle
• 厮熟sī shúfamiliar with one another
• 厮缠sī chánto pester
• 厮锣sī luósmall gong

Words containing 厮

• 小厮xiǎo sī(literary) underage male servant
• 这厮zhè sīthis so-and-so
• 那厮nà sīthat so-and-so
• 长相厮守cháng xiāng sī shǒu(of a couple) to stay together for life
• 耳鬓厮磨ěr bìn sī mólit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple (idiom)…

Characters built on 斯

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

• 撕sīto tear
• 嘶sīhiss; neigh; Ss!…

Characters that look like 厮

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

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 潮cháotide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy
• 麽mótiny; insignificant
• 廓kuò(bound form) extensive; vast; (bound form) outline; general shape…
• 畿jīterritory around the capital
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

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
• 丝silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 私personal; private; selfish
• 撕to tear
• 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