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狮子

shī zi

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 獅子 Measure word 只、头

狮子 (shī zi) means "lion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 狮子 means

1. lion

Other readings

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

• Shī zǐLeo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County {屏东县|Píng dōng Xiàn}, Taiwan

The characters in 狮子

• 狮shī(bound form) lion
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 狮子是动物。
  The lion is an animal.
• 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.
• 狮子在跟踪它的猎物。
  Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.
  The lion is stalking its prey.
• 狮子听从驯兽师的指挥。
  Shīzi tīngcóng xùn shòu shī de zhǐhuī.
  The lion followed the trainer's commands.

Words starting with 狮子

• 狮子座Shī zi zuòLeo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
• 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

Words containing 狮子

• 石狮子shí shī ziguardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial…
• 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…
• 耍狮子shuǎ shī zito perform a lion dance

Sounds the same

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

• 虱子louse (Pediculus humanus)

Where 狮子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Animals & nature (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shī zi correctly.
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