Character
| HSK | 5 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 1026th character |
| RADICAL | ⼀ (1.4) |
| STROKES | 5 |
| INDEX # | 347 |
| TRADITIONAL | 絲 |
silk; fine thread; wire; strings
HSK 5
#1026
DEFINITIONS
- silk
- fine thread
- wire
- strings
- silk
- thread
- trace
- (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
STROKES
WORDS
| 真丝 zhēn sī | silk; pure silk |
| 严丝合缝 yán sī hé fèng | to fit tightly (idiom); to join seamlessly; to fit snugly |
| 爱莉丝 ài lì sī | Iris (name) |
| 血丝 xuè sī | wisps of blood; visible veins; (of eyes) bloodshot |
| 抽丝 chōu sī | to spin silk |
| 丝网 sī wǎng | silk screen; screen (printing) |
| 青丝 qīng sī | fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) |
| 吐丝 tǔ sī | (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk |
| 灯丝 dēng sī | filament (in a lightbulb) |
| 蚕丝 cán sī | natural silk (secreted by silkworm) |
| 金丝燕 jīn sī yàn | Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup |
| 钢丝绳 gāng sī shéng | hawser; steel rope |
| 摩丝 mó sī | hair mousse (loanword) |
| 螺丝帽 luó sī mào | nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| 铜丝 tóng sī | copper wire |
| 人造丝 rén zào sī | rayon |
| 丝竹 sī zhú | traditional Chinese musical instruments; music |
| 丝绸之路 sī chóu zhī lù | the Silk Road |
| 菌丝 jūn sī | mycelium; hypha |
| 钢丝锯 gāng sī jù | jigsaw (saw with steel wire blade) |
| 一丝不挂 yī sī bù guà | not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit |
| 干煸土豆丝 gān biān tǔ dòu sī | dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish) |
| 克丝钳子 kè sī qián zi | wire cutting pincers |
| 冷丝丝 lěng sī sī | a bit chilly |
| 切成丝 qiē chéng sī | to grate; to shred (vegetable) |