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Keyword
to serve
  • to attend upon
  • servant
  • attendant
  • samurai
Frequency
#2319
Strokes
8
Readings
shì
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 寺 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
侍郎shìláng
(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
服侍fúshi
to attend to; to care for (patients etc); to look after; to wait upon; to serve; also written 伏侍, see also 服事 (fúshì)
侍卫shìwèi
Imperial bodyguard
侍shì
to serve; to attend upon
侍者shìzhě
attendant; waiter
侍奉shìfèng
to wait upon; to serve; to attend to sb's needs
侍从shìcóng
to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer
侍候shìhòu
to serve; to wait upon
侍应shìyìng
waiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生 (shìyìngshēng))
陪侍péishì
to wait upon (older people); to accompany; attendant
侍应生shìyìngshēng
waiter; waitress
侍立shìlì
to stand by in attendance
侍弄shìnòng
to look after; to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc); to repair