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姿势

zī shì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 姿勢

姿势 (zī shì) means "posture". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 姿势 means

1. posture
2. position

The characters in 姿势

• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Example sentences

• 在家庭照片中，西哈姆看起来无忧无虑。她对着镜头摆出一副随兴的姿势，头发绑成马尾。
  In family photos, Ciham appears carefree. She poses casually for the camera, her hair pulled into a braided ponytail.
• 知道吗？内科急救专家对于子宫下垂常用的应对方法是带上手套，把拳头深入阴道，然后用力将子宫向上推。但这个姿势在赶到医院前是改变不了了!
  Zhīdào ma? nèikē jíjiù zhuānjiā duìyú zǐgōng xiàchuí chángyòng de yìngduì fāngfǎ shì dàishàng shǒutào, bǎ quántou shēnrù yīndào, ránhòu yònglì jiāng zǐgōng xiàngshàng tuī. dàn zhège zīshì zài gǎndào yīyuàn qián shì gǎibiàn buliǎo le!
  Did you know that the proper EMT response to a prolapsed uterus is to make a gloved fist and shove the uterus and your fist itself up the vagina? Also, once you've done that, you're stuck in that position until you get to the hospital!

Words containing 姿势

• 涨姿势zhǎng zī shìInternet slang for 长知识

Sounds the same

Read zī shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滋事to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute
• 姿式variant of 姿势

Where 姿势 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Decoration, Status & Conditions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zī shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.