Dictionary › 武士

武士

wǔ shì

2-character word

What 武士 means

1. warrior
2. samurai

The characters in 武士

• 武wǔmartial; military
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Example sentences

• 日本的武士道精神到底是什幺？
  Just what is the Japanese Bushido spirit?
• 武士团伙来来往往，忙于家族世仇；但绝大多数人继续耕作土地，只要他们不干涉自己村庄社区的独立，人们就对那些妄图统治他们的人漠不关心。
  The warrior bands came and went, prosecuting their family feuds; but the great mass continued to till the soil, taking but little notice of their would-be rulers, so long as they did not interfere with the independence of their village communities.

Words starting with 武士

• 武士道wǔ shì dàobushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
• 武士刀wǔ shì dāokatana
• 武士彟Wǔ Shì huòWu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天

Words containing 武士

• 七武士Qī wǔ shìSeven Samurai (movie)

Sounds the same

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

• 五世the fifth (of series of numbered kings)