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斯

sī

HSK 6 Character

What 斯 means

1. (phonetic)
2. this

Other readings

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

• SīSlovakia; Slovak; abbr. for {斯洛伐克|Sī luò fá kè}

Example sentences

• 我是穆斯林。
  I am a Muslim.
• 这是俄罗斯！
  This is Russia!
• 我叫托马斯。
  My name is Thomas.
• 那些俄罗斯人啊
  Nàxiē éluósīrén ā
  Ah, those Russians!
• 我不叫路易斯。
  Wǒ bù jiào Lùyìsī.
  My name's not Louis.
• 他精通波斯语。
  Tā jīngtōng Bōsīyǔ.
  He is proficient in Farsi.

Words starting with 斯

• 斯文sī wénrefined; educate; cultured
• 斯大林Sī dà línJoseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
• 斯蒂芬Sī dì fēnStephen or Steven (name)
• 斯图加特Sī tú jiā tèStuttgart, city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登－巴登－符腾堡州
• 斯里兰卡Sī lǐ lán kǎSri Lanka
• 斯坦福大学Sī tǎn fú Dà xuéStanford University
• 斯德哥尔摩Sī dé gē ěr móStockholm, capital of Sweden
• 斯拉夫Sī lā fūSlavic
• 斯坦福Sī tǎn fúStanford or Stamford…
• 斯洛伐克Sī luò fá kèSlovakia (officially the Slovak Republic since 1993)
• 斯巴达Sī bā dáSparta
• 斯诺克sī nuò kè(loanword) snooker
• 斯威士兰Sī wēi shì lánEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
• 斯大林主义Sī dà lín zhǔ yìStalinism
• 斯台普斯Sī tái pǔ sīStaples (Center), sports arena in Los Angeles
• 斯普利特Sī pǔ lì tèSplit (city in Croatia)
• 斯科普里Sī kē pǔ lǐSkopje, capital of North Macedonia
• 斯大林格勒Sī dà lín gé lèStalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961)
• 斯普特尼克Sī pǔ tè ní kèSputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite
• 斯拉夫语Sī lā fū yǔSlavic language
• 斯瓦特Sī wǎ tèSwat province in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
• 斯瓦希里Sī wǎ xī lǐSwahili
• 斯瓦希里语Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔSwahili (language); Kiswahili
• 斯诺登Sī nuò dēngEdward Snowden (1983-), American surveillance program whistleblower

Words containing 斯

• 俄罗斯É luó sīRussia
• 莫斯科Mò sī kēMoscow, capital of Russia
• 穆斯林Mù sī línMuslim
• 巴勒斯坦Bā lè sī tǎnPalestine
• 巴基斯坦Bā jī sī tǎnPakistan
• 威尼斯Wēi ní sīVenice; Venezia
• 伊斯兰教Yī sī lán jiàoIslam
• 罗斯Luó sī(name) Ross; Rose; Roth; Rus' (as in Kievan Rus' 基辅罗斯
• 伊斯兰Yī sī lánIslam
• 奥斯卡Ào sī kǎ(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award); (name) Oscar
• 法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)
• 查尔斯Chá ěr sīCharles
• 尼斯Ní sīNice (city in France)
• 爱因斯坦Ài yīn sī tǎnAlbert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
• 托马斯Tuō mǎ sīThomas (male name)
• 波斯Bō sīPersia
• 歇斯底里xiē sī dǐ lǐhysteria (loanword); hysterical
• 南斯拉夫Nán sī lā fūYugoslavia (former country that existed in various forms from 1918 to 2003)
• 恩格斯Ēn gé sīFriedrich Engels (1820-1895), socialist philosopher and one of the founder of Marxism
• 劳伦斯Láo lún sīLawrence (person name)
• 瓦斯wǎ sīgas (loanword)
• 阿姆斯特丹Ā mǔ sī tè dānAmsterdam, capital of Netherlands
• 布鲁斯bù lǔ sīblues (music) (loanword)
• 塞浦路斯Sài pǔ lù sīCyprus

Characters built on 其

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

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)…
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 欺qīto take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 琪qí(literary) fine jade
• 淇qíname of a river
• 麒qíused in 麒麟

Characters that look like 斯

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

• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 酮tóngketone
• 靳jìnmartingale; stingy
• 鄢yānused in 鄢陵

Sounds the same

Read sī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 司to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
• 思to think; to consider
• 丝silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 私personal; private; selfish
• 撕to tear
• 厮(bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude…
• 嘶hiss; neigh; Ss!…
• 咝(onomatopoeia) to hiss; to whistle; to whiz
• 锶strontium (chemistry)
• 蛳snail
• 鸶heron
• 虒amphibious animal with one horn