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施

shī

HSK 5 Character

What 施 means

1. bound formto put into effect (regulations etc)
2. to distribute (alms etc)
3. to apply (fertilizer etc)

Other readings

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

• Shīsurname Shi

Example sentences

• 他向我施压。
  Tā xiàng wǒ shīyā.
  He pressured me.
• 施比受更有福。
  Shī bǐ shòu gèng yǒufú.
  It is more blessed to give than to receive.
• 莎莉每天施肥。
  Ziri applies fertilizer monthly.
• 情人眼里出西施。
  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
• 我们立即开始施工。
  Wǒmen lìjí kāishǐ shīgōng.
  We'll begin work soon.
• 非常时期需要非常措施。
  Fēicháng shíqī xūyào fēicháng cuòshī.
  Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Words starting with 施

• 施展shī zhǎnto use fully; to put to use
• 施加shī jiāto exert (effort or pressure)
• 施工shī gōngconstruction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
• 施行shī xíngto put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
• 施舍shī shěto give in charity; to give alms (to the poor)
• 施压shī yāto pressure
• 施肥shī féito apply fertilizer
• 施主shī zhǔbenefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson); donor (semiconductor)
• 施政shī zhèngadministration
• 施以shī yǐto inflict (punishment); to provide (training etc); to apply (pressure etc)
• 施罗德Shī luó dé(name) Schröder; Gerhard Schröder (1944–), German SPD politician, Chancellor 1998–2005
• 施密特Shī mì tè(surname) Schmidt or Schmitt
• 施用shī yòngto implement; to use
• 施放shī fàngto fire; to discharge; to release (fireworks, smokescreen, poison gas, virus etc)
• 施礼shī lǐto salute; to greet
• 施事shī shì(linguistics) agent; doer
• 施法shī fǎto implement the law; to perform sorcery
• 施与shī yǔto donate; to give; to grant
• 施事者shī shì zhě(linguistics) agent; doer
• 施政报告shī zhèng bào gàoadministrative report
• 施教shī jiàoteaching
• 施明德Shī Míng déShih Ming-teh (1941–2024), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962–1977 and 1980–1990 under…
• 施主能级shī zhǔ néng jídonor level (semiconductor)
• 施工单位shī gōng dān wèiunit in charge of construction; builder

Words containing 施

• 措施cuò shīmeasure; step
• 设施shè shīfacilities; installation
• 实施shí shīto implement; to carry out
• 西施Xī shīXishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女
• 布施bù shīDana (Buddhist practice of giving)
• 无计可施wú jì kě shī(lit.) to have no strategy to apply (idiom); (fig.) to be out of ideas; at one's wit's end
• 软硬兼施ruǎn yìng jiān shīuse both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
• 发号施令fā hào shī lìngto boss people around (idiom)
• 因材施教yīn cái shī jiào(idiom) to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude…
• 付诸实施fù zhū shí shīto put into practice; to carry out (idiom)
• 生活设施shēng huó shè shīliving facilities
• 生产设施shēng chǎn shè shīproduction facility
• 无法可施wú fǎ kě shīnothing can be done (about it)
• 公共设施gōng gòng shè shīpublic facilities; infrastructure
• 实施例shí shī lì(patent) implementation; embodiment
• 安全措施ān quán cuò shīsafety measure; precaution; (colloquial; euphemism) contraception; protection
• 平权措施píng quán cuò shīaffirmative action
• 核设施hé shè shīnuclear facility; nuclear installation
• 军事设施jūn shì shè shīmilitary installations
• 预防措施yù fáng cuò shīprotective step; protective measure
• 乐施会Lè shī huìOxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief)
• 基础设施jī chǔ shè shīinfrastructure
• 乐善好施lè shàn hào shīkind and charitable
• 恩施市Ēn shī ShìEnshi, a county-level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州

Characters that look like 施

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

• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick; to sort out
• 桅wéimast

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 失to lose; to miss; to fail
• 湿moist; wet
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name