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示威

shì wēi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

示威 (shì wēi) means "to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 示威 means

1. to demonstrate (as a protest)
2. a demonstration
3. a military show of force

The characters in 示威

• 示shìto show; to reveal
• 威wēipower; might; prestige

Example sentences

• 工会参加了示威游行吗？
  Gōnghuì cānjiā le shìwēiyóuxíng ma?
  Did the union participate in the demonstration?
• 我要参加一个示威游行。
  Wǒ yào cānjiā yī gè shìwēiyóuxíng.
  I'm going to join a demonstration.
• 几十个年轻人参加了示威游行。
  Jǐ shí gè niánqīngrén cānjiā le shìwēiyóuxíng.
  Several dozen young people participated in the demonstration.
• 他们小型的示威引发了一场大规模的游行。
  Tāmen xiǎoxíng de shìwēi yǐnfā le yī cháng dàguīmó de yóuxíng.
  Their small protest triggered a mass demonstration.

Words starting with 示威

• 示威者shì wēi zhědemonstrator; protester
• 示威游行shì wēi yóu xíng(protest) demonstration
• 示威运动shì wēi yùn dòngrally

Words containing 示威

• 静坐抗议示威jìng zuò kàng yì shì wēisit-in protest demonstration

Sounds the same

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

• 式微(literary) to decline; to wane; title of a section in the Book of Songs 诗经

Where 示威 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shì wēi correctly.
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