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饰

shì

HSK 5 Character Traditional 飾

What 饰 means

1. decoration
2. ornament
3. to decorate
4. to adorn
5. to hide
6. to conceal (a fault)
7. excuse (to hide a fault)
8. to play a role (in opera)
9. to impersonate

Example sentences

• 你在掩饰什幺？
  What are you hiding?
• 她用绘画来装饰墙。
  Tā yòng huìhuà lái zhuāngshì qiáng.
  She decorated the wall with pictures.
• 玛丽通常不戴首饰。
  Mǎlì tōngcháng bù dài shǒushì.
  Mary doesn't usually wear jewelry.
• 我会给你这个坠饰。
  I'll give you this pendant.
• 她试图掩饰她的泪水。
  Tā shìtú yǎnshì tā de lèishuǐ.
  She tried to hide her tears.
• 我不能掩饰我的心情。
  I can't hide my feelings.

Words starting with 饰

• 饰品shì pǐnornament; item of jewelry; accessory
• 饰演shì yǎnto act; to play a part
• 饰物shì wùdecorations; jewelry
• 饰带shì dàisash; streamer
• 饰词shì cíexcuse; pretext
• 饰边shì biānornamental border
• 饰面shì miànornamental facing; veneer
• 饰巾shì jīnkerchief as head ornament
• 饰钉shì dīngstud (for decorating clothing, shoes, belts etc)
• 饰胸鹬shì xiōng yù(bird species of China) buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

Words containing 饰

• 装饰zhuāng shìto decorate; decoration; decorative
• 掩饰yǎn shìto cover up; to conceal; to mask
• 服饰fú shìapparel; clothing and personal adornment
• 首饰shǒu shìjewelry; head ornament
• 修饰xiū shìto decorate; to adorn; to dress up
• 装饰品zhuāng shì pǐnornament
• 银饰yín shìsilver jewelry; silver ornaments
• 粉饰fěn shìto paint; to whitewash; to decorate
• 头饰tóu shìhead ornament
• 衣饰yī shìclothes and ornaments
• 配饰pèi shìornament (jewelry, accoutrements etc); decorations
• 雕饰diāo shìto carve; to decorate; carved
• 亮饰liàng shìdiamanté
• 佩饰pèi shìornament; pendant
• 内饰nèi shìinterior decor
• 文饰wén shìto polish a text; rhetoric; ornate language
• 窗饰chuāng shìwindow decoration
• 耳饰ěr shìear ornament (earring, eardrop, stud etc)
• 花饰huā shìornamental design
• 金饰jīn shìgold ornaments
• 隐饰yǐn shìa cover-up
• 修饰话xiū shì huàmodifier (grammar)
• 修饰语xiū shì yǔ(grammar) modifier; qualifier; adjunct
• 装饰物zhuāng shì wùornament; ornamentation

Characters built on 巾

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

• 市shìmarket; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 席xíwoven mat; seat; banquet
• 帝dì(bound form) emperor; sovereign; supreme deity
• 币bìmoney; coins; currency
• 帜zhìflag
• 幂mì(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 帙zhìbook cover

Characters that look like 饰

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

• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 怖bùterror; terrified; afraid
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 饵ěrpastry; food; to swallow
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)
• 恃shì(bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

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