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饲

sì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 飼

What 饲 means

1. to raise
2. to rear
3. to feed

Other readings

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

• sìold variant of {饲|sì}

Example sentences

• 政府官员与业界人士也开始意识到「甲烷捕捉计画」的潜力。美国农业部正在密西西比州及其他数个州资助农场内的实验场址。部分大型禽肉加工业者正在成立再生能源部门，以供应饲料厂所需电力。此外，一家燃料公司正在评估是否可以用鸡只排放的甲烷取代天然气，并注入管线，用来为部分沿线发电机提供动力。
  Officials from government and industry are also starting to recognize the potential of the Methane Capture Project. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding experimental on-farm sites in Mississippi and several other states. Some large poultry processors are launching renewable energy divisions to power their feed mills. And a fuel company is investigating the possibility of pumping chicken-waste methane instead of natural gas through its pipeline, and to use it to power some of the generators along the way.

Words starting with 饲

• 饲养sì yǎngto raise; to rear
• 饲料sì liàofeed; fodder
• 饲养员sì yǎng yuánzookeeper; stockman; breeder (of livestock, dogs or poultry etc)
• 饲主sì zhǔpet owner
• 饲槽sì cáofeeding trough
• 饲育sì yùto rear (an animal)
• 饲草sì cǎoforage grass
• 饲喂sì wèito feed (an animal)
• 饲养场sì yǎng chǎngfarm; feed lot; dry lot
• 饲养业sì yǎng yèstock farming; animal husbandry
• 饲养者sì yǎng zhěfeeder

Words containing 饲

• 谷饲gǔ sìgrain-fed
• 草饲cǎo sìgrass-fed
• 鼻饲bí sìnasal feeding
• 鼻饲法bí sì fǎnasal feeding
• 动物性饲料dòng wù xìng sì liàofeed made of animal products

Characters built on 司

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

• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…
• 伺cìused in 伺候
• 嗣sìsuccession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 祠císhrine; to offer a sacrifice
• 笥sìsquare bamboo container for food or clothing

Characters that look like 饲

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

• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 钢gāngsteel
• 钨wūtungsten (chemistry)
• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 钧jūn30 catties; great; your (honorific)
• 钡bèibarium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read sì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 四four; 4
• 似to seem; to appear; to resemble
• 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肆four (banker's anti-fraud numeral); unrestrained; wanton
• 巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake…
• 嗣succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition)
• 食to feed (a person or animal)
• 伺to watch; to wait; to examine
• 祀to sacrifice; to offer libation to
• 泗nasal mucus
• 厕used in 茅厕
• 姒wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old); elder sister (old)