Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 士


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Meaning

scholar, soldier, specialist worker

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

A posing man with wide outstretched arms

Mnemonic

He looks like a poser, the scholar.

Radicals

scholar(Don't mistake with "earth ", which has a longer base line.)
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Vocabulary

战士 zhàn shì fighter; soldier; warrior
泰晤士报 Tài wù shì bào Times (newspaper)
士卒 shì zú soldier; private (army)
绅士 shēn shì gentleman
硕士 shuò shì master's degree; learned person
耶稣会士 Yē sū huì shì a Jesuit; member of Society of Jesus
莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
爵士 jué shì knight; Sir; Jazz
瑞士 Ruì shì Switzerland
博士 bó shì doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.
士兵 shì bīng soldier

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