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释

shì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 釋

What 释 means

1. to explain
2. to release
3. Buddha (abbr. for {释迦牟尼|Shì jiā móu ní})
4. Buddhism

Example sentences

• 保释！
  Bail!
• 释放我！
  Set me free!
• 让我解释。
  Let me explain.
• 请勿加注释。
  Qǐng wù jiāzhù shì.
  Don't add annotations.
• 没时间解释。
  There is no time for explanation.
• 你不用解释。
  You don't have to explain.

Words starting with 释

• 释放shì fàngto release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources)…
• 释义shì yìthe meaning of sth; an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases; definition
• 释然shì ránrelieved; at ease; feel relieved
• 释迦牟尼Shì jiā móu níShakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
• 释怀shì huáito get over (a traumatic experience, misgivings etc)
• 释典shì diǎnBuddhist doctrine; sutras
• 释出shì chūto release; to make available; to liberate
• 释名Shì míng"Shiming", late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation…
• 释回shì huíto release from custody
• 释子shì zǐ(literary) Buddhist monk; Buddhist monastic
• 释家Shì jiāBuddhism; a Buddhist
• 释念shì niàn(literary) to be reassured; not to worry
• 释手shì shǒuto let go; to loosen one's grip; to put sth down
• 释教Shì jiàoBuddhism
• 释文shì wéninterpreting words; to explain the meaning of words in classic texts…
• 释法shì fǎto interpret the law
• 释经shì jīngexegesis; explanation of classic text
• 释除shì chú(formal) to dispel (doubts); to allay (concerns)
• 释读shì dúto read and interpret ancient texts; to decipher
• 释尊Shì zūnanother name for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼佛, the historical Buddha
• 释疑shì yíto dispel doubts; to clear up difficulties
• 释卷shì juànto stop reading
• 释放出狱shì fàng chū yùto release from jail
• 释俗shì súto explain in simple terms

Words containing 释

• 解释jiě shìexplanation; to explain; to interpret
• 注释zhù shìto annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
• 爱不释手ài bù shì shǒu(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down…
• 诠释quán shìto interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate
• 阐释chǎn shìto explain; to expound; to interpret
• 如释重负rú shì zhòng fùas if relieved from a burden (idiom); to have a weight off one's mind
• 获释huò shìfreed (from prison); to obtain release
• 稀释xī shìto dilute
• 保释bǎo shìto release on bail; to bail
• 假释jiǎ shìparole
• 校释jiào shìto collate and annotate; (on book titles) collated and annotated
• 消释xiāo shìto dispel (doubts); to clear up (misunderstanding)
• 略释lüè shìa brief explanation; to summarize
• 真释zhēn shìtrue explanation; genuine reason
• 训释xùn shìto explain; to interpret; interpretation
• 开释kāi shìto release (a prisoner)
• 热释光rè shì guāngthermoluminescence
• 解释器jiě shì qìinterpreter (computing)
• 交保释放jiāo bǎo shì fàngto release sb on bail
• 取保释放qǔ bǎo shì fàngto be released on bail (law)
• 解释执行jiě shì zhí xínginterpreted (computer)
• 冰释bīng shìto dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc); to vanish…
• 爱不忍释ài bù rěn shìto love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
• 手不释卷shǒu bù shì juànlit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and…

Characters built on 扌

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

• 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward
• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 技jìskill
• 执zhíto execute (a plan); to grasp
• 拟nǐdoubtful; suspicious; variant of 拟
• 批pīto ascertain; to act on; to criticize
• 译yìto translate; to interpret

Characters that look like 释

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

• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 锋fēngpoint of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 捧pěngto hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of…
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 湃pàiused in 澎湃
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics

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
• 柿persimmon