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施

Mandarin · pinyin shī#

(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)
to distribute (alms etc)
to apply (fertilizer etc)

Mandarin · pinyin Shī#

surname Shi

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施: shī · grant, bestow; give; act; name

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1 · shi1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji6 · si1 · si3

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

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character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, ideophonic) flag fluttering; flag waving
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) flag ornament
to give; to render
to spread (something)
to set up; to put in place; to establish
to use; to utilise
to put into force; to implement
to apply; to add
to teach; to instruct
to convict; to judge
to display a corpse
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to reproduce
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Meaningless particle.
a surname, Shi

character

kindness; favour
to disperse; to become spread
to grant; to bestow; to give

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to extend to; to reach
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 移 (yí, “to change”)

character

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 弛 (“to cast away; to relieve”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 侈 (chǐ, “to boast”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 邪 (“awry”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 施施 (yíyí, “walking in a crooked way”)

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