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虱

shī

Character

What 虱 means

1. louse

Other readings

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

• shīlouse

Example sentences

• 我讨厌壁虱！
  Wǒ tǎoyàn bì shī!
  I hate ticks!
• “虱子”的复数形式是“虱子们”
  "shīzi " de fùshùxíngshì shì "shīzi men "
  The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
• 生命是一袭华美的袍子，爬满了虱子。
  Shēngmìng shì yī xí huáměi de páozi, pá mǎn le shīzi.
  Life is a magnificent gown full of lice.

Words starting with 虱

• 虱子shī zilouse (Pediculus humanus)
• 虱目鱼shī mù yúmilkfish (Chanos chanos)
• 虱多不痒shī duō bù yǎng(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom)…
• 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's…

Words containing 虱

• 塘虱táng shīcatfish (family Clariidae)
• 壁虱bì shītick; bedbug
• 床虱chuáng shībedbug
• 扁虱biǎn shītick (zoology)
• 木虱mù shīwoodlouse
• 阴虱yīn shīcrab louse; pubic louse
• 头虱tóu shīhead lice
• 体虱tǐ shībody louse

Characters that look like 虱

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

• 或huòmaybe; perhaps; might
• 武wǔmartial; military
• 氛fēnmiasma; vapor
• 氟fúfluorine (chemistry)
• 疭zòngused in 瘛疭
• 珑lóngtinkling of gem-pendants

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 诗poem; poetry; verse
• 失to lose; to miss; to fail
• 施(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…
• 湿moist; wet
• 狮(bound form) lion
• 尸(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)…
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name