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嗜

shì

Character

What 嗜 means

1. bound formto have a strong liking for; to be addicted to

Example sentences

• 我的嗜好是集邮。
  Wǒ de shìhào shì jíyóu.
  My hobby is collecting stamps.
• 葵的嗜好是跳舞。
  Aoi's hobby is dancing.
• 她的嗜好是集邮。
  Her hobby is collecting stamps.
• 他们有相同的嗜好。
  They have the same habits.
• 我父亲的嗜好是钓鱼。
  Wǒ fùqīn de shìhào shì diàoyú.
  My father's hobby is fishing.
• 溜冰是我的嗜好之一。
  Liūbīng shì wǒ de shìhào zhīyī.
  Skating is one of my hobbies.

Words starting with 嗜

• 嗜好shì hàohobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
• 嗜血shì xuèbloodthirsty; bloodsucking; hemophile
• 嗜欲shì yùlust
• 嗜杀shì shāto delight in killing; bloodthirsty
• 嗜睡症shì shuì zhènghypersomnia; excessive sleepiness (medical)
• 嗜杀成性shì shā chéng xìngbloodthirsty
• 嗜血杆菌shì xuè gǎn jūnhemophile bacteria; hemophilus
• 嗜酒如命shì jiǔ rú mìngto love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
• 嗜酸性球shì suān xìng qiúeosinophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)
• 嗜碱性球shì jiǎn xìng qiúbasophil granulocyte (type of white blood cell)
• 嗜酸乳杆菌shì suān rǔ gǎn jūnLactobacillus acidophilus
• 嗜酸性粒细胞shì suān xìng lì xì bāoeosinophil (type of white blood cell)
• 嗜碱性粒细胞shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāobasophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)

Words containing 嗜

• 发作性嗜睡病fā zuò xìng shì shuì bìngnarcolepsy

Characters built on 耆

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

• 鳍qífin
• 蓍shīyarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Characters that look like 嗜

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

• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 喧xuānclamor; noise
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 嘀dī(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 嘈cáobustling; tumultuous; noisy

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