Keyword
official
- to serve in the government
- Frequency
- #3089
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
shì
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 士 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
仕途
official career (formal)
仕
to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 将 (jiàng)
爱马仕
Hermès (brand)
仕女
court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women
致仕
to retire from a government post (old)
入仕
(literary) to become an official
仕宦
(literary) to serve as an official
出仕
to take up an official post
学而优则仕
one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)