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恃

shì

Character

What 恃 means

1. bound formto rely on
2. literaryone's mother

Words starting with 恃

• 恃强欺弱shì qiáng qī ruòto use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom); to bully
• 恃才傲物shì cái ào wù(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
• 恃强凌弱shì qiáng líng ruòsee 恃强欺弱

Words containing 恃

• 自恃zì shìself-esteem; self-reliance; overconfident
• 有恃无恐yǒu shì wú kǒngsecure in the knowledge that one has backing
• 仗恃zhàng shìto rely on; to depend on
• 可恃kě shìreliable
• 失恃shī shìto lose sb one relies upon; to lose one's mother
• 凭恃píng shìto depend on; to rely on
• 怙恃hù shìto rely on; father and mother (classical)

Characters built on 寺

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

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 诗shīpoem; poetry; verse
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid

Characters that look like 恃

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

• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 怖bùterror; terrified; afraid
• 饰shìdecoration; ornament; to decorate
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 馁něi(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid

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