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拭

shì

Character

What 拭 means

1. to wipe

Example sentences

• 齐里擦拭他的军靴。
  Ziri cleaned his combat boots.
• 她每天擦拭家具的灰尘。
  Tā měitiān cāshì jiājù de huīchén.
  She dusts the furniture every day.

Words starting with 拭

• 拭目以待shì mù yǐ dàilit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
• 拭子shì ziswab; cotton pad; smear (for medical test)
• 拭抹shì mǒto swab; to wipe up with a mop
• 拭目shì mùto wipe one's eyes; fig. to remain vigilant
• 拭除shì chúto wipe off
• 拭目倾耳shì mù qīng ěrto watch and listen attentively

Words containing 拭

• 擦拭cā shìto wipe clean
• 拂拭fú shìto wipe
• 揩拭kāi shìto wipe off; to wipe clean

Characters built on 式

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

• 试shìto test; to try; experiment
• 弑shìto murder a superior; to murder one's parent
• 轼shì(literary) handrail at the front of a carriage or chariot…

Characters that look like 拭

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

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 抹mǒto smear; to wipe; to erase
• 桃táopeach
• 绒róngvelvet; woolen
• 枫fēngmaple (genus Acer)
• 拢lǒngto gather together; to collect; to approach; to draw near to; to add; to sum up

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