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仕

shì

Meanings

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shì
  1. 1.to serve as an official
  2. 2.an official
  3. 3.the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 将[jiàng]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.scholar; official; guardian
  2. 2.to serve in the government
  3. 3.adviser; guard; minister: 🩡 (on the red side)
  4. 4.a surname
  5. 5.Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note an octave below low la (6̣̣).

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Etymology

See 士 "servant, retainer, officer, scholar, gentleman"

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Stroke order

Components

仕亻士

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Derived terms

不仕仕女仕宦仕版仕紳仕绅仕譯仕译仕途仕進仕进出仕學優而仕学优而仕將仕郎将仕郎干仕強仕强仕懸車致仕悬车致仕求仕筮仕膴仕𰮇仕致仕貴仕贵仕

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Related words

入仕 (literary) to become an official仕途 official career (formal)出仕 to take up an official post致仕 to retire from a government post (old)仕宦 (literary) to serve as an official仕女 court lady卡仕达 (loanword) custard爱马仕 Hermès (brand)安达仕 Andaz (hotel brand)学而优则仕 one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)