Chinese words starting with “shi”
142 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable shi. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 41 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial sh · final i · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 33
- 2nd tone 42
- 3rd tone 8
- 4th tone 59
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 时候shí houHSK 1
time; length of time; moment; period
- 时间shí jiānHSK 1
time; period
- 世界shì jièHSK 3
world
- 事情shì qingHSK 2
affair; matter; thing; business
- 是否shì fǒuHSK 4
whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- 使用shǐ yòngHSK 2
to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
- 失去shī qùHSK 3
to lose
- 事件shì jiànHSK 3
event; happening; incident
- 十分shí fēnHSK 2
very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
- 事实shì shíHSK 3
fact
- 实现shí xiànHSK 2
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- 市场shì chǎngHSK 3
marketplace; market (also in abstract)
- 适合shì héHSK 3
to fit; to suit
- 实际上shí jì shàngHSK 3
in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice
- 事业shì yèHSK 3
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation
- 实在shí zàiHSK 2
really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- 时代shí dàiHSK 3
age; era; epoch; period (in one's life)
- 事故shì gùHSK 3
accident
- 事实上shì shí shàngHSK 3
in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- 失败shī bàiHSK 4
to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat
- 世纪shì jìHSK 3
century
- 时刻shí kèHSK 3
time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always
- 时尚shí shàngHSK 7
fashion; fad; fashionable
- 食物shí wùHSK 2
food
All 142 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 视野 | shì yě | n | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective | |
| 52 | 失控 | shī kòng | v,vn | to go out of control | |
| 53 | 失眠 | shī mián | v,vn | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 54 | 视力 | shì lì | n | vision; eyesight | |
| 55 | 拾 | shí | v,t | to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral) | |
| 56 | 师父 | shī fu | n | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 57 | 失落 | shī luò | v,vn,a | to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss | |
| 58 | 时常 | shí cháng | d | often; frequently | |
| 59 | 识 | shí | v,g | to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shì] | |
| 60 | 使劲 | shǐ jìn | v | to exert all one's strength | |
| 61 | 诗歌 | shī gē | n | poem | |
| 62 | 实用 | shí yòng | a,vn | practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) | |
| 63 | 使者 | shǐ zhě | n | emissary; envoy | |
| 64 | 时髦 | shí máo | a | in vogue; fashionable | |
| 65 | 事后 | shì hòu | t | after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect | |
| 66 | 事宜 | shì yí | n | matters; arrangements | |
| 67 | 食堂 | shí táng | n | dining hall; cafeteria | |
| 68 | 事迹 | shì jì | n | deed; past achievement; important event of the past | |
| 69 | 时段 | shí duàn | n | time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day | |
| 70 | 实质 | shí zhì | n | substance; essence | |
| 71 | 实体 | shí tǐ | n | entity; substance; thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence); the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it) | |
| 72 | 时速 | shí sù | n | speed per hour | |
| 73 | 时不时 | shí bù shí | d | from time to time | |
| 74 | 事项 | shì xiàng | n | matter; item | |
| 75 | 食用 | shí yòng | v,vn | to eat; to consume; edible | |
| 76 | 时间表 | shí jiān biǎo | n | schedule; timetable | |
| 77 | 示威 | shì wēi | vn,v | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force | |
| 78 | 视角 | shì jiǎo | n | angle from which one observes an object; (fig.) perspective; viewpoint; frame of reference; (cinematography) camera angle; (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye); (photography) angle of view | |
| 79 | 失恋 | shī liàn | v | to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted | |
| 80 | 施展 | shī zhǎn | v | to use fully; to put to use | |
| 81 | 实地 | shí dì | d,s,n | on-site | |
| 82 | 失效 | shī xiào | v | to fail; to lose effectiveness | |
| 83 | 士气 | shì qì | n | morale | |
| 84 | 试用 | shì yòng | v,vn | to try sth out; to be on probation | |
| 85 | 适宜 | shì yí | v,a | suitable; appropriate | |
| 86 | 势头 | shì tóu | n | power; momentum; tendency; impetus; situation; the look of things | |
| 87 | 事态 | shì tài | n | situation; existing state of affairs | |
| 88 | 师范 | shī fàn | teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University) | ||
| 89 | 试探 | shì tàn | v,vn | to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out | |
| 90 | 失利 | shī lì | v,vn | to lose; to suffer defeat | |
| 91 | 食欲 | shí yù | n | appetite | |
| 92 | 试卷 | shì juàn | n | examination paper; test paper | |
| 93 | 施行 | shī xíng | v | to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect | |
| 94 | 施加 | shī jiā | v | to exert (effort or pressure) | |
| 95 | 示意 | shì yì | v | to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb) | |
| 96 | 视察 | shì chá | v,vn | to inspect; an investigation | |
| 97 | 失明 | shī míng | v,vn | to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness | |
| 98 | 失灵 | shī líng | v | out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system) | |
| 99 | 世界级 | shì jiè jí | b | world-class | |
| 100 | 适时 | shì shí | a,ad | timely; apt to the occasion; in due course |
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