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摄氏

Shè shì

2-character word Traditional 攝氏

What 摄氏 means

1. Celsius; centigrade

The characters in 摄氏

• 摄shè(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images)…
• 氏shì(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏; (bound form) maiden name; née…

Example sentences

• 水在摄氏零度时结冰。
  Shuǐ zài Shèshì língdù shí jiébīng.
  Water freezes at zero degrees Celsius.
• 水在摄氏0度时结成冰。
  Shuǐ zài Shèshì 0 dù shí jiéchéng bīng.
  Water freezes at 0 degrees Centigrade.
• 水在摄氏100度沸腾。
  Water boils at 100 degrees.
• 摄氏零度时水会结冰，对吧？
  Shèshì língdù shí shuǐ huì jiébīng, duì ba?
  Water will freeze at zero Celsius, right?
• 今天的气温升高到摄氏三十度。
  Jīntiān de qìwēn shēnggāo dào Shèshì sānshí dù.
  Today, the temperature rose as high as 30 degrees Celsius.
• 在2015年七月，伊拉克首都巴格达出现摄氏51.1度的高温。
  Zài 2015 nián Qīyuè, Yīlākè shǒudū Bāgédá chūxiàn Shèshì 51.1 dù de gāowēn.
  In July of 2015, the highest temperature in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, was 51.1 degrees Celsius.

Words starting with 摄氏

• 摄氏度Shè shì dù°C (degrees Celsius)

Sounds the same

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

• 涉世to see the world; to go out into society; to gain experience
• 涉事to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人; (archaic) to recount the events