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祀

sì

Character

What 祀 means

1. to sacrifice
2. to offer libation to

Other readings

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

• sìvariant of {祀|sì}

Example sentences

• 祭祀结束之后，天就晴了。
  The sky cleared up after the ritual was over.
• 孔子说："像夏禹的为人，我找不到可以指责的漏洞。自己吃着菲薄的饮食，而却用丰厚祭品祭拜祖先与神明；自己平时穿粗劣的衣裳，而在祭祀时穿戴华服礼帽；自己住小房子，却尽力开通水道沟渠。像夏禹这样的人，我实在找不到可以指责的漏洞了。"
  Confucius said: " Yu the Great's conduct, I could not point out any flaws. He consumes meager amount of food, while offering boastful riches to the Gods and ancestors; He always don the crudest attire, but wears lavish garments when worshipping; He resides in a small house, yet forges water ways and ditches with all his might. Figures like Yu the Great, I honestly cannot point out any reprehensible flaws."

Words starting with 祀

• 祀物sì wùsacrificial objects
• 祀神sì shénto offer sacrifices to the gods

Words containing 祀

• 祭祀jì sìto offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
• 奉祀fèng sìto worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc)…
• 郊祀jiāo sìpair of annual sacrificial ceremonies held by the emperor in ancient times: one in the…

Characters built on 巳

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

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 汜sìstream which returns after branching
• 圯yíbridge, bank

Characters that look like 祀

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

• 视shì(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 林lín(bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)…
• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 妃fēiimperial concubine
• 杞qǐChinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense); willow

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
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)