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室

shì

HSK 2 Character

What 室 means

1. room
2. work unit
3. grave
4. scabbard
5. family or clan
6. one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Other readings

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

• Shìsurname Shi

Example sentences

• 她在浴室。
  She's in the bath.
• 浴室很脏！
  The bathroom is dirty!
• 浴室在哪里？
  Where are the showers?
• 浴室干净吗？
  Is the bath clean?
• 卧室在楼上。
  The bedrooms are upstairs.
• 她来到卧室。
  She came to the bedroom.

Words starting with 室

• 室内shì nèiindoor
• 室外shì wàioutdoor
• 室温shì wēnroom temperature
• 室女Shì nǚunmarried lady; virgin; Virgo (star sign)
• 室内设计shì nèi shè jìinterior design
• 室内乐shì nèi yuèchamber music
• 室友shì yǒuroommate
• 室女座Shì nǚ zuòVirgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 室韦Shì wéithe Shiwei tribes who inhabited an area to the northeast of Tang-dynasty China
• 室颤shì chànventricular fibrillation (V-fib), abbr. for 心室颤动
• 室町Shì tǐngMuromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
• 室町幕府Shì tǐng mù fǔMuromachi bakufu, the feudal government of Japan (1338-1573) under the Ashikaga shoguns
• 室内装潢shì nèi zhuāng huánginterior decorating
• 室迩人遐shì ěr rén xiáto long for sb far away; to grieve over the dead

Words containing 室

• 教室jiào shìclassroom
• 办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises
• 卧室wò shìbedroom
• 寝室qǐn shìbedroom; dormitory
• 实验室shí yàn shìlaboratory
• 浴室yù shìbathroom; shower room; bathhouse
• 地下室dì xià shìbasement; cellar
• 会议室huì yì shìmeeting room; conference room
• 工作室gōng zuò shìstudio; workshop
• 休息室xiū xī shìlobby; lounge
• 阅览室yuè lǎn shìreading room
• 手术室shǒu shù shìoperating room
• 居室jū shìroom; apartment
• 科室kē shìdepartment; administrative division; unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
• 王室wáng shìroyal family; royal household
• 聊天室liáo tiān shìchat room
• 皇室huáng shìroyal family; imperial household; member of the royal family
• 教研室jiào yán shìteaching and research office
• 画室huà shìartist's studio; atelier
• 候车室hòu chē shìwaiting room (for train, bus etc)
• 起居室qǐ jū shìliving room; sitting room
• 传达室chuán dá shìreception office; janitor's office
• 温室wēn shìgreenhouse
• 驾驶室jià shǐ shìcab (of a locomotive, truck etc); driver's compartment; wheelhouse

Characters built on 至

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

• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 侄zhíbrother's son; nephew
• 窒zhìto obstruct; to stop up
• 桎zhìfetters
• 蛭zhìfluke; leech; hirudinea
• 郅zhìextremely; very
• 轾zhìback and lower of chariot; short; low

Characters that look like 室

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

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
• 宵xiāonight
• 宦huànimperial official; court eunuch

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
• 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
• 柿persimmon