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狮

shī

HSK 5 Character Traditional 獅

What 狮 means

1. bound formlion

Example sentences

• 狮子是动物。
  The lion is an animal.
• 狮群杀了角马。
  The lions killed the wildebeest.
• 狮子是丛林之王。
  Shīzi shì cónglín zhī wáng.
  The lion is the king of the jungle.
• 狮子是百兽之王。
  The lion is the king of beasts.
• 狮子是万兽之王。
  The lion is the king of beasts.
• 宁为猫头不为狮尾。
  Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion.

Words starting with 狮

• 狮子shī zilion
• 狮子座Shī zi zuòLeo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 狮城Shī chéngthe Lion City, nickname for Singapore 新加坡
• 狮子山Shī zi shān(Taiwan) Sierra Leone
• 狮子狗shī zi gǒuPekingese; Pekinese
• 狮子头shī zi tóularge meatball ("lion's head")
• 狮泉河Shī quán HéSengge Tsangpo or Shiquan River in west Tibet, the upper reaches of the Indus
• 狮虎兽shī hǔ shòuliger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress
• 狮子林园Shī zi Lín YuánLion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO…
• 狮子大开口shī zi dà kāi kǒu(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price
• 狮心王理查Shī xīn wáng Lǐ cháRichard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199
• 狮身人面像shī shēn rén miàn xiàngsphinx
• 狮头石竹shī tóu shí zhúgrenadine; carnation; clove pink
• 狮鹫shī jiùgriffin
• 狮尾狒shī wěi fèigelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon…

Words containing 狮

• 雄狮xióng shīmale lion
• 海狮hǎi shīsea lion
• 山狮shān shīmountain lion
• 瑞狮Ruì ShīRui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology
• 舞狮wǔ shīlion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
• 小狮座Xiǎo shī zuòLeo Minor (constellation)
• 河东狮Hé dōng shīshrew; see also 河东狮吼
• 石狮子shí shī ziguardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial…
• 石狮市Shí shī ShìShishi, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市
• 美洲狮Měi zhōu shīcougar; mountain lion; puma
• 虎狮兽hǔ shī shòutigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness
• 金狮奖Jīn shī jiǎngGolden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
• 银狮奖Yín shī jiǎngSilver Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
• 人头狮身rén tóu shī shēnsphinx
• 雪山狮子xuě shān shī ziSnow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
• 雪山狮子旗xuě shān shī zi qíSnow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological…
• 鹰头狮yīng tóu shīgriffin
• 耍狮子shuǎ shī zito perform a lion dance
• 松狮犬sōng shī quǎnChow Chow (dog breed)
• 河东狮吼Hé dōng shī hǒulit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked…
• 雌狮cí shīlioness
• 石狮shí shīsee 石狮子

Characters built on 师

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

• 蛳sīsnail
• 浉ShīShi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan

Characters that look like 狮

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

• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 胴dònglarge intestine; torso
• 狒fèihamadryad baboon
• 胭yānrouge
• 郴chēnused in 郴州
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

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
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 湿moist; wet
• 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