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舐

shì

Character

What 舐 means

1. to lick
2. to lap (up)

Words starting with 舐

• 舐犊之爱shì dú zhī àithe love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love
• 舐犊情深shì dú qíng shēnlit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom); fig. to show deep affection towards one's…

Words containing 舐

• 溜舐liū shìto flatter obsequiously; toady
• 舔舐tiǎn shìto lick; to lap
• 老牛舐犊lǎo niú shì dúlit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom); fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children

Characters built on 氏

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

• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 祇qígod of the earth
• 衹qírobe of a Buddhist monk or nun
• 芪qísee 黄芪
• 氐dǐfoundation; on the whole

Characters that look like 舐

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

• 绒róngvelvet; woolen
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 珉mínjade-like stone
• 辄zhéthen; at once; always
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼