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HSK
1
shī
師
teacher
師
teacher
Composition
Components
一
ground
一
ground
巾
towel
巾
towel
gnome
gnome
Sounds
sh-
Shrek
sh-
Shrek
-_
house
-_
house
1
outside the entrance
1
outside the entrance
Pinyin
shi1
•
shī
Meaning
Primary
teacher
Mnemonic
[sh-] Shrek
is in
[1] front
of the
[-_] house
, sitting on a
巾 towel
that is laid on the
一 ground
. In front of him are a bunch of garden
gnomes
- Shrek is their
師 teacher
. He is teaching them how to best eat an onion.
Visually Similar Characters
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lion
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Same Pronunciation
shī
失
to lose
shī
詩
poem
shī
施
to carry out
shī
濕
wet
shī
屍
corpse
shī
獅
lion
shī
溼
wet
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Found In Words
lǎoshī
老師
teacher
jiàoshī
教師
teacher
jiǎngshī
講師
lecturer
lǜshī
律師
lawyer
shèyǐngshī
攝影師
photographer
shīfù
師傅
master
chúshī
廚師
chef
dàshī
大師
master
jiànzhúshī
建築師
architect
chánshī
禪師
Zen master
wūshī
巫師
wizard
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