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司

sī

HSK 2 Character

What 司 means

1. to take charge of
2. to manage
3. department (under a ministry)

Other readings

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

• Sīsurname Si

Example sentences

• 各司其事。
  Let everyone take care of their own affairs.
• 公司破产了。
  Gōngsī pòchǎn le.
  The company went bankrupt.
• 司机加了速。
  The driver increased his speed.
• 汤姆喜欢起司。
  Tāngmǔ xǐhuan qǐsī.
  Tom likes cheese.
• 我不喜欢寿司。
  I don't like sushi.
• 我不想吃寿司。
  I don't feel like eating sushi.

Words starting with 司

• 司机sī jīchauffeur; driver
• 司法sī fǎjudicial; (administration of) justice
• 司令sī lìngcommanding officer
• 司马Sī mǎMinister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
• 司令部sī lìng bùheadquarters; military command center
• 司马迁Sī mǎ QiānSima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史记
• 司长sī zhǎngbureau chief
• 司令员sī lìng yuáncommander
• 司空见惯sī kōng jiàn guàna common occurrence (idiom)
• 司令官sī lìng guāncommander; officer in charge
• 司法部Sī fǎ bùMinistry of Justice (PRC etc); Justice Department (USA etc)
• 司仪sī yímaster of ceremonies (MC)
• 司法机关sī fǎ jī guānjudicial authorities
• 司徒sī túminister of land and people (in ancient times)
• 司马光Sī mǎ GuāngSima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of…
• 司马懿Sī mǎ YìSima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
• 司法权sī fǎ quánjurisdiction
• 司法人员sī fǎ rén yuánjudicial officer
• 司马法Sī mǎ Fǎ“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military…
• 司空Sī kōngtwo-character surname Sikong
• 司导sī dǎodriver-guide
• 司线员sī xiàn yuánline judge (tennis etc)
• 司南sī nánancient Chinese compass
• 司法院Sī fǎ yuànJudicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan

Words containing 司

• 公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation
• 打官司dǎ guān sito file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute
• 上司shàng siboss; superior
• 官司guān silawsuit
• 分公司fēn gōng sīsubsidiary company; branch office
• 航空公司háng kōng gōng sīairline
• 总公司zǒng gōng sīparent company; head office
• 总司令zǒng sī lìngcommander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
• 跨国公司kuà guó gōng sītransnational corporation; multinational corporation
• 子公司zǐ gōng sīsubsidiary company; subsidiary corporation
• 百货公司bǎi huò gōng sīdepartment store
• 土司tǔ sīsliced bread (loanword from "toast"); government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in…
• 公司法gōng sī fǎcorporations law; company law; corporate law
• 祭司jì sīpriest
• 股份公司gǔ fèn gōng sījoint-stock company
• 证券公司zhèng quàn gōng sīsecurities company; share company
• 盎司àng sī(loanword) ounce (British imperial system)
• 母公司mǔ gōng sīparent company
• 微软公司Wēi ruǎn Gōng sīMicrosoft Corporation
• 寿司shòu sīsushi
• 顶头上司dǐng tóu shàng sione's immediate superior
• 股份有限公司gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sījoint-stock limited company; corporation
• 贝司bèi sī(music; loanword) bass
• 英国广播公司Yīng guó Guǎng bō Gōng sīBritish Broadcasting Corporation; BBC

Characters that look like 司

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

• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 弗fú(literary) not; used in transliteration
• 匈XiōngHungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利

Sounds the same

Read sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 斯(phonetic); this
• 思to think; to consider
• 丝silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 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