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诗

shī

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What 诗 means

1. poem
2. poetry
3. verse

Other readings

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

• Shīabbr. for Shijing {诗经|Shī jīng}, the Book of Songs

Example sentences

• 我写诗。
  I write poems.
• 诗人写诗。
  Poets write poems.
• 阿伦是诗人。
  ālún shì shīrén.
  Allan is a poet.
• 安喜欢写诗。
  Ann likes to write poems.
• 我喜欢短诗。
  I like short poems.
• 他只是个诗人。
  He is nothing but a poet.

Words starting with 诗

• 诗人shī rénbard; poet
• 诗歌shī gēpoem
• 诗词shī cíverse
• 诗意shī yìpoetry; poetic quality or flavor
• 诗句shī jùverse
• 诗集shī jípoetry anthology
• 诗文shī wénpoetry and literature
• 诗经Shī jīngShijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five…
• 诗篇shī piāna poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic)
• 诗作shī zuòpoem; poetic works
• 诗情画意shī qíng huà yìpicturesque charm; idyllic appeal; poetic grace
• 诗书Shī Shūthe Book of Songs 诗经
• 诗话shī huànotes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and…
• 诗坛shī tánpoetry circles; poetry world
• 诗稿shī gǎoverse manuscript
• 诗律shī lǜmeters and forms of versification; prosody
• 诗画shī huàpoetry and pictorial art; work of art combining pictures and poetry
• 诗礼shī lǐthe classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 诗经
• 诗节shī jiéstanza
• 诗圣shī shèng"sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫
• 诗体shī tǐpoetic form or genre
• 诗仙shī xiān"immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白
• 诗曰shī yuēa poem goes:

Words containing 诗

• 唐诗Táng shīTang poetry; a Tang poem
• 古诗gǔ shīold verse; Classical Chinese poem
• 史诗shǐ shīan epic; poetic saga
• 吟诗yín shīto recite poetry
• 长诗cháng shīlong poem
• 赋诗fù shīto versify; to compose poetry
• 情诗qíng shīlove poem
• 题诗tí shīto inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc…
• 抒情诗shū qíng shīlyric poetry
• 打油诗dǎ yóu shīhumorous poem; limerick
• 赞美诗zàn měi shī(Christianity) hymn; psalm
• 唱诗班chàng shī bānchoir
• 律诗lǜ shīregular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines…
• 反诗fǎn shīverse criticizing officials; satirical verse
• 圣诗shèng shīhymn
• 旧诗jiù shīold verse; poetry in the old style
• 古体诗gǔ tǐ shīa pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five…
• 史诗性shǐ shī xìngepic
• 史诗级shǐ shī jíepic; impressive
• 史诗般shǐ shī bānepic
• 定场诗dìng chǎng shīfirst soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
• 山水诗shān shuǐ shīshanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
• 感遇诗gǎn yù shīa lament (poem)
• 叙事诗xù shì shīnarrative poem

Characters built on 寺

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

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

Characters that look like 诗

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

• 详xiángdetailed; comprehensive
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 诮qiàoridicule; to blame

Sounds the same

Read shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 师teacher; master; expert
• 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)…
• 虱louse
• 葹Xanthium strumarium
• 蓍yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• 浉Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信阳, Henan
• 絁rough, indelicate silk
• 邿place name