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仕

Mandarin · pinyin shì

to serve as an official
an official
the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將 jiàng

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仕: shì · official; serve government

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4 · shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

si6

Cantonese word readings for 仕. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

scholar; official; guardian
to serve in the government
(xiangqi) adviser; guard; minister: 🩡 (on the red side)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note an octave below low la (6̣̣).

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