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柿子

shì zi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

柿子 (shì zi) means "persimmon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 柿子 means

1. persimmon
2. (Northeastern dialect) tomato

The characters in 柿子

• 柿shìpersimmon
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我没买柿子椒。
  I haven't bought bell peppers.
• 我不要红色的柿子椒, 而是要绿色的。
  I don't want red bell peppers, I want green ones.

Words starting with 柿子

• 柿子椒shì zi jiāobell pepper, aka sweet pepper
• 柿子挑软的捏shì zi tiāo ruǎn de niēlit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)…

Words containing 柿子

• 洋柿子yáng shì zi(dialect) tomato
• 软柿子ruǎn shì zi(colloquial) pushover; soft touch

Sounds the same

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

• 式子posture; (math) expression; formula
• 势子gesture; posture
• 拭子swab; cotton pad; smear (for medical test)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì zi correctly.
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