恃 — Chinese character
恃
shì
to trust, to rely on; to presume
- Pinyin
- shì
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 忄 寺
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 忄; sound component 寺
- Japanese
- 恃 as a kanji
Common words with 恃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自恃 | zì shì | self-esteem; self-reliance |
| 有恃无恐 (有恃無恐) | yǒu shì wú kǒng | secure in the knowledge that one has backing |
| 恃强凌弱 (恃強凌弱) | shì qiáng líng ruò | see 恃强欺弱 (shì qiáng qī ruò) |
| 恃才傲物 | shì cái ào wù | (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous |
| 仗恃 | zhàng shì | to rely on; to depend on |
| 恃强欺弱 (恃強欺弱) | shì qiáng qī ruò | to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom); to bully |
| 怙恃 | hù shì | to rely on; father and mother (classical) |
| 可恃 | kě shì | reliable |
| 失恃 | shī shì | to lose sb one relies upon; to lose one's mother |
| 凭恃 (憑恃) | píng shì | to depend on; to rely on |
English words written with 恃
恃 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Art of War 8 · Zhuangzi 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 34
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 51
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 77
- Art of War 8.11
- Art of War 9.18
- Art of War 11.15
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