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HSK
5

persimmon

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shi4 shì

Meaning


Primary

persimmon

Alternatives

persimmons

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he is growing a 柿 persimmon 木 tree in the bathtub that has born fruit. Shrek wants to eat one of the 柿 persimmons, but it is too high to reach. So he gets a 巾 towel and whips it off the branch of the 木 tree, then catches it inside a 亠 lid that is turned upside down. All ogres love 柿 persimmons.