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SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
Shì- surname Shi
shì- member of the senior ministerial class (old)
- scholar (old)
- bachelor
- honorific
- first class military rank
- specialist worker
rénshì- person
- figure
- public figure
便便biànshì- penny (loanword)
xiáshì- knight-errant
xiūshì- member of religious order
- frater
shì- a Confucian scholar
bīngshì- ordinary soldier
shì- strong man
yǒngshì- a warrior
- a brave person
shì- doctor
- court academician (in feudal China)
- Ph.D.
míngshì- famous scholar
- worthy
- celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post
shìrén- scholar
shìbīng- soldier
- CL:|[ge4]
shì- soldier
- private (army)
shìduō- (dialect) store (loanword)
shì- official
- scholar (old)
shìguān- warrant officer
- petty officer
- noncommissioned officer (NCO)
- Japanese military officer
shì- land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝
Shìlín- Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
shì- morale
zhuàngshì- hero
- fighter
- brave strong guy
- warrior (in armor)
duōshì- toast (loanword)
shì- odd person
- an eccentric
shì- lady
- madam
- CL:|[ge4],[wei4]
- Miss
- Ms
Wēishì- Visa (credit card)
xuéshì- bachelor's degree
- person holding a university degree
shì- Fuji (Japanese company)
jiàngshì- officers and soldiers
shì- bus (loanword)
- motor coach
zhēngshì- soldier (in battle)
zhànshì- fighter
- soldier
- warrior
- CL:|[ge4]
shì- attendant to the emperor
- wise counselor
jiàoshì- churchman
- clergy
wénshì- literati
- scholar
fāngshì- alchemist
- necromancer
huìshì- member of religious order
- penitent
- frater
- translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)
shì- warrior
- samurai
shāshì- sarsaparilla
- root beer
- SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) (loanword)
lièshì- martyr
juéshì- knight
- Sir
- (loanword) jazz
Ruìshì- Switzerland
nánshì- man
- gentleman
shì- taxi (loanword)
xiàngshì- fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
shuòshì- master's degree
- learned person
shì- strategist
- counsellor on military strategy
shēnshì- gentleman
shì- high-minded and righteous person
- patriot
- loyalist
zhīshì- cheese (loanword)
wèishì- guardian
- defender
móushì- skilled manipulator
- tactician
- strategist
- advisor
- counsellor
shi- nurse
- CL:|[ge4]
gòngshì- (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4])
tiēshì- tip (loanword)
- hint
- inside story
Bīnshì- Taiwan equivalent of 奔馳|奔驰[Ben1 chi2]
xiánshì- virtuous person
- a man of merit
shì- cheese (loanword) (Tw)
jūnshì- sergeant
biànshì- eloquent person
- person with rhetoric skills
jìnshì- successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
- palace graduate
dàoshì- Daoist priest
xuǎnshì- selected outstanding scholars (in former times)
- cream of the crop
yuànshì- scholar
- academician
- fellow (of an academy)
yǐnshì- hermit
shì- elegant scholar
shì- horseman
- cavalryman
- knight (i.e. European nobility)
- (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
dòushì- a warrior
- an activist
shì- Seven Samurai (movie)
zhōngshì- minibus
shì- ASICS (Japanese footwear brand)
Xiūshìdùn- Houston, Texas
Jiājiéshì- Crest (brand)
Wěishìpái- Vespa (scooter)
Jiéshìpài- Gatsby, Japanese cosmetics brand
chuánjiàoshì- missionary
fánshìlín- vaseline (loanword)
Jiāshì- Caltex (petroleum brand name)
zhùchǎnshì- midwife
Láoshì- Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
shìShān- Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
shìhòu- postdoc
- a postdoctoral position
shìchá- rooibos tea
Shǐwēishì- Schweppes (soft drinks company)
shìfěn- custard powder
shì- husky (sled dog)
Jiāshì- Carlsberg
Shìdān- Stanley (name)
Shìjià- Snickers (candy bar)
shì- scholar officials
shìxuéwèi- bachelor's degree
shì- (dialect) spanner (loanword)
Shìshī- Book of Judges
shìmǐn- cement (loanword) (old)
Shìlín- Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Xiàshìlián- Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
shì- strong man
- Hercules
wēishì- whiskey (loanword)
Wēiěrshì- Wales, constituent nation of UK
shì- hippie (loanword)
shìShān- Mt. Fuji, Japan
shìkāng- Foxconn Technology Group
- abbr. of 康科技集團|康科技集团[Fu4 shi4 kang1 ke1 ji4 ji2 tuan2]
shìtōng- Fujitsu
shì- Cyrus (name)
Kūnshìlán- Queensland, northeast Australian state
shì- the Bastille (Paris)
shì- Basra (city in Iraq)
shìzhàn- bus stop
lǎngshì- The Bronx, borough of New York City
- Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx)
- also written 布朗克斯
shùshì- title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred to meritorious candidates until the next examination
tóushì- the Beatles (music band)
wénxuéshì- Bachelor of Arts
- B.A.
- BA
- A.B.
- Artium Baccalaureus
shì- Prussia (historical German state)
shìdāo- katana
Shìhuò- Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
shìdào- bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
xuéshì- Bachelor of Laws
- Legum Baccalaureus
shìdùn- Boston, capital of Massachusetts
Tàishì- the Times (newspaper)
- River Thames, through London
lièshìlíng- memorial mound
- heroes' memorial
juéshìyuè- jazz (loanword)
juéshì- jazz (loanword)
kuángzhànshì- berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
WángShìzhēn- Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
Ruìshìrén- Swiss (person)
Ruìshìjuǎn- Swiss roll
shìgāo- disco (loanword)
- also written 迪斯科[di2 si1 ke1]
shuòshìshēng- Master's degree student
shénxuéshì- student of theology
- Bachelor of Divinity
- Taleban (Farsi: student)
ZhāngShìzhāo- Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
Láishì- Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
- surname Raffles
JiǎngShìquán- Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
yàoshì- druggist
- pharmacist
shì- Suez (canal)
shì- variant of 蘇黎世|苏黎世[Su1 li2 shi4]
wèidàoshì- traditionalist
- moralist
- champion (of a cause)
jiǎodòushì- gladiator
chāoshì- postdoc
- postdoctoral student
biànshì- defender
- apologist
shì- Disney (name)
yóushì- mailman (Tw)
滿shìmǎn- Richmond (name)
kāishì- cashmere (loanword)
yǐnxiūshì- monk (Christian)
shì- yuppie (loanword)
- young urban professional, 1980s slang
Fēishì- Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
dòuniúshì- matador
- toreador
- bullfighter
shìguān- corporal (army)
sānwèishì- the Magi
- the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
sānshìguān- staff sergeant
èrshìguān- sergeant
shìguān- master sergeant
luóshì- Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia
rénquándòushì- a human rights activist
- a fighter for human rights
rénrénzhìshì- gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
rénrénshì- those with lofty ideals (idiom)
- men of vision
guǎnshuòshì- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
liùshìguān- sergeant major
fēnrénshì- analyst
- expert
shìxuéwèi- doctoral degree
- PhD
- same as Doctor of Philosophy 哲學博學位|哲学博学位
shìmǎi- lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
- idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
jièrénshì- all walks of life
míngshì- honorary doctorate
- Doctor Honoris Causae
shìguān- sergeant first class
shìduō- strawberry (loanword)
shìnónggōngshāng- "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
shì- Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
shì- Damascus, capital of Syria
tàipíngshēnshì- Justice of the Peace (JP)
néngshì- extraordinary hero with special abilities
- martial arts super-hero
shìyōuxiān- Ladies first!
wēishìjiǔ- whiskey (loanword)
Wēiěrshì- Welsh (language)
xuéshìxuéwèi- bachelor's degree
xuéhuìyuànshì- academician
- fellow of academy
zhuānrénshì- a professional
xiǎoxíngshì- minibus
- microbus
shìHǎixiá- Bashi Channel between south Taiwan and Luzon Island, north the Philippines
lǎngshì- The Bronx, borough of New York City
zhìshìrénrén- gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
zhāoxiánshì- invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
jìngxiánshì- to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
wénxuéshì- Doctor of Letters
wénxuéshì- Bachelor of Arts B.A.
wēishìlán- Swaziland
Kūnshìlánzhōu- Queensland (Australia)
zhìzhàngrénshì- person with learning difficulties (handicap)
- retarded person
huìshìkǎoshì- agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)
yǒushízhīshì- a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
róngshì- honorary doctorate
- Doctor Honoris Causae
jǐngzhànshì- armed fighters
- armed police
- militia
xuéshì- Doctor of Laws
- Legum Doctor
shì- Bosnia (Tw)
TàishìBào- Times (newspaper)
Tàishì- River Thames
huódòngrénshì- activist
liànjīnshùshì- alchemist
juéshìyīnyuè- jazz (loanword)
xuéshuòshì- M.Sc. (Master of Science degree)
xuéshì- Bachelor of Science B.Sc.
Ruìshìláng- Swiss franc (currency)
Ruìshìjūndāo- Swiss Army knife
huánbǎodòushì- an environmental activist
- a fighter for environmental protection
rénshì- dissident
báizhànshì- warrior in white
- medical worker
zhīmíngrénshì- public figure
- celebrity
shuòshìxuéwèi- master's degree (MSc)
xiánxiàshì- respect for the wise
wéiquánrénshì- civil rights activist
Hànlínxuéshì- members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
huìshì- a Jesuit
- member of Society of Jesus
huìshì- a Jesuit
zhīshìdàngāo- cheesecake
Shāshì- Shakespeare (name)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
退退HéngtángTuìshì- assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred Tang dynasty poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3]
shì- the Suez canal
guānchárénshì- observer
shìdàngāo- cheesecake
tōngxùnyuànshì- corresponding member (of an academy)
- junior academician
yóuxiáshì- a knight-errant
xuéshì- doctor of medicine
shuāngcéngshì- double-decker bus
Fēishì- Philistine (Palestinian people, reputedly uncircumcised, c. 1,000 BC)
fēidǎngrénshì- non-party member
mìnglièshì- martyr of the revolution
Éfēiěrshì- Everest (name)
- Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843
- transliteration refers to Mt Everest 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan)
- Nepalese: Sagarmatha
shìgài- chivalry
shìfēng- knighthood
dǎngwàirénshì- non-party members
shìduō- Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
Lièzhīdūnshìdēng- Liechtenstein
Èěrshì- Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountains
Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo- Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
shì- damson (fruit)
shì- Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
ěrshì- Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist
tuōchēshì- motorcycle taxi
gēnShìdān- Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
XīnNánWēiěrshì- New South Wales, southeast Australian state
Dōngfāngsānshì- the Magi
- the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story
shìdùnxué- Boston University
shìdùnHóng- Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
shìshì- Dr Faustus
míngzhànshì- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
mínglièshì- tomb of the unknown soldier
yóujuéshìyuè- free jazz (music genre)
shìYùn- Suez Canal
shìyuán- Disneyland
ÉfēiěrshìFēng- Mt Everest (transliteration), Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰[Zhu1 mu4 lang3 ma3 Feng1]
- Nepalese: Sagarmatha
Dòuniúshìzhī- Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
guǎnshuòshì- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
míngshìxuéwèi- honorary doctorate
- Doctor Honoris Causae
zhéxuéshìxuéwèi- PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy)
- also abbr. to 學位|学位
gōngshāngguǎnshuòshì- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
zhèngzhìrénshì- political dissident
XīnNánWēiěrshìzhōu- New South Wales (Australian state)
róngshìxuéwèi- honorary doctorate
- Doctor Honoris Causae
xiāoxilíngtōngrénshì- well-informed source
- person with inside information
xuéshuòshìxuéwèi- Master of Science (MSc degree)
shìmànGōng- Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
Wēilián·Shāshì- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
shìkāngtuán- Foxconn Technology Group
tǎn·Láishì- Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
Zhān·shìlín- see 詹姆斯高斯林[Zhan1 mu3 si1 · Gao1 si1 lin2]
zhènwángzhànshìniàn- Memorial Day (American holiday)
Huánghuāgāngshíèrlièshì- the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
shìwèizhīzhě,wèiyuèzhěróng- a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart

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