絲

Simplified: 丝

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

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sī ㄙ

- silk
- thread-like thing (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
- classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

Other words read sī

In the same tone

司 sī take charge of
斯 sī (phonetic)
思 sī think
私 sī personal
廝 sī together

All 20 words read sī

si with other tones

死 sǐ die
四 sì four
似 sì seem
食 sì feed
寺 sì Buddhist temple

All 43 words read si in any tone

How 絲 is written

部首 radical: 糹 a form of 糸
笔画 strokes: 12, with 6 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 糹糸

Words with 絲

Starting with 絲

絲毫 sīháo bit
絲綢 sīchóu silk
絲綢之路 sīchóuzhīlù Silk Road
絲線 sīxiàn silk thread
絲織品 sīzhīpǐn item made from woven silk or rayon

All 36 words starting with 絲

Ending with 絲

肉絲 ròusī shredded meat
鐵絲 tiěsī iron wire
鋼絲 gāngsī steel wire
粉絲 fěnsī bean vermicelli
游絲 yóusī gossamer

All 63 words ending with 絲

Containing 絲

金絲猴 jīnsīhóu golden snub-nosed monkey
紋絲不動 wénsībùdòng not move a single jot
一絲不苟 yīsībùgǒu meticulous
蛛絲馬跡 zhūsīmǎjì tiny hints
千絲萬縷 qiānsīwànlǚ intricately interconnected

All 55 words containing 絲

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