侍 — Chinese character
侍
shì
to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 寺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 寺
- Japanese
- 侍 as a kanji
Common words with 侍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侍郎 | shì láng | (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties) |
| 服侍 | fú shi | to attend to; to care for (patients etc) |
| 侍卫 (侍衛) | shì wèi | Imperial bodyguard |
| 侍者 | shì zhě | attendant; waiter |
| 侍女 | shì nǚ | maid |
| 侍奉 | shì fèng | to wait upon; to serve |
| 侍从 (侍從) | shì cóng | to serve (an important personage); attendant; retainer |
| 侍候 | shì hòu | to serve; to wait upon |
| 侍应 (侍應) | shì yìng | waiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生 (shì yìng shēng)) |
| 陪侍 | péi shì | to wait upon (older people); to accompany |
| 侍应生 (侍應生) | shì yìng shēng | waiter; waitress |
| 侍妾 | shì qiè | concubine |
English words written with 侍
侍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 5 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 3
- Analects 5.25
- Analects 10.13
- Analects 11.12
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 16.6
- Mencius 2B.10
- Mencius 5A.8
- Mencius 7B.34
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