丝 sī

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

刨丝器 bào sī qì grater; shredder
刺丝囊 cì sī náng nematocyst; capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone
刺丝胞 cì sī bāo cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
刺丝胞动物 cì sī bāo dòng wù Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
刺钢丝 cì gāng sī barbed wire
刻丝 kè sī variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]
十字丝 shí zì sī crosshairs
吃螺丝 chī luó sī (of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
吐丝自缚 tǔ sī zì fù to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising; hoist with his own petard
单丝不成线，独木不成林 dān sī bù chéng xiàn ， dú mù bù chéng lín one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
喷丝头 pēn sī tóu spinneret; extrusion nozzle
土豆丝 tǔ dòu sī julienned potato
屌丝 diǎo sī loser (Internet slang)
常德丝弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
厂丝 chǎng sī filature silk
微丝 wēi sī microfilament
微丝血管 wēi sī xuè guǎn capillary blood vessels
爱丽丝泉 ài lì sī quán Alice Springs, town in central Australia
爱丽丝漫游奇境记 ài lì sī màn yóu qí jìng jì Alice in Wonderland
慕丝 mù sī mousse (loanword)
戈氏金丝燕 gē shì jīn sī yàn (bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
抽丝剥茧 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
拉丝模 lā sī mó die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
拔丝 bá sī wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
有丝分裂 yǒu sī fēn liè mitosis
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