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绅

shēn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 紳

What 绅 means

1. member of gentry

Example sentences

• 他绝对不是绅士。
  He is anything but a gentleman.
• 他肯定不是什么绅士。
  He's definitely no gentleman.
• 他看上去是个十足的绅士。
  Tā kànshangqu shì ge shízú de shēnshì.
  He looks every inch a gentleman.
• 我只知道那个绅士的名字。
  I know that gentleman only by name.
• 一个绅士是不会做这种事的。
  Yī gè shēnshì shì bù huì zuò zhèzhǒng shì de.
  A gentleman wouldn't do such a thing.
• 这样的举止只可能是个绅士。
  Zhèyàng de jǔzhǐ zhǐ kěnéng shì ge shēnshì.
  He must be a gentleman to act that way.

Words starting with 绅

• 绅士shēn shìgentleman

Words containing 绅

• 乡绅xiāng shēna scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
• 劣绅liè shēnevil gentry; wicked landlord
• 豪绅háo shēnlocal despot
• 土豪劣绅tǔ háo liè shēnlocal bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
• 太平绅士tài píng shēn shìJustice of the Peace (JP)

Characters built on 申

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

• 审shěnto examine; to investigate; carefully
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
• 呻shēn(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 砷shēnarsenic (chemistry)
• 抻chēnto pull; to stretch; to draw sth out
• 胂shènarsine

Characters that look like 绅

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

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 神shéngod; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 娠pregnant
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade