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式
Mandarin · pinyin shì
Meanings
- type
- form
- pattern
- style
Characters in this entry
- 式
- shì · style, system, formula, rule
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Mandarin tones
4 · shi4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
sik1
Cantonese word readings for 式. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- (literary, or in compounds) standard; established practice; norm
- (literary, or in compounds) type; style; pattern
- (literary, or in compounds) ritual; ceremony
- (literary, or in compounds) example
- (mathematics, chemistry) formula (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- (grammar) tense
- (grammar) mood; mode
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to follow the example of
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to set an example
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 試 /试 (shì, “to apply”)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 軾 /轼 (shì, “to perform a rite”)
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