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泗

sì

Character

What 泗 means

1. nasal mucus

Other readings

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

• Sìriver in Shandong

Words starting with 泗

• 泗水Sì shuǐSishui County in Jining 济宁; Surabaya, capital of East Java province of Indonesia
• 泗县Sì XiànSi County or Sixian, a county in Suzhou City 宿州市
• 泗水县Sì shuǐ XiànSishui, a county in Jining City 济宁市
• 泗洪县Sì hóng XiànSihong, a county in Suqian City 宿迁市
• 泗阳县Sì yáng XiànSiyang, a county in Suqian City 宿迁市
• 泗洪Sì hóngsee 泗洪县
• 泗阳Sì yángsee 泗阳县

Words containing 泗

• 涕泗横流tì sì héng liútears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 涕泗纵横tì sì zòng héngtears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 嵊泗县Shèng sì XiànShengsi, a county in Zhoushan City 舟山市
• 涕泗滂沱tì sì pāng tuóa flood of tears and mucus; broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
• 嵊泗列岛Shèng sì Liè dǎoShengsi Islands, making up Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山
• 嵊泗Shèng sìsee 嵊泗县

Characters that look like 泗

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

• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 娜nà(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜
• 洄huíeddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current
• 汹xiōngtorrential rush; tumultuous
• 汩gǔconfused; extinguished; (onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四four; 4
• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 饲to raise; to rear; to feed
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)