絲 sī

silk; fine thread; wire; strings

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

WORDS

一絲一毫 yī sī yī háo one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit
一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
乾煸土豆絲 gān biān tǔ dòu sī dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
人造絲 rén zào sī rayon
保險絲 bǎo xiǎn sī fuse wire; (electrical) fuse
克絲鉗子 kè sī qián zi wire cutting pincers
冷絲絲 lěng sī sī a bit chilly
切成絲 qiē chéng sī to grate; to shred (vegetable)
刨絲器 bào sī qì grater; shredder
刺絲囊 cì sī náng nematocyst; capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone
刺絲胞 cì sī bāo cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
刺絲胞動物 cì sī bāo dòng wù Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
刺鋼絲 cì gāng sī barbed wire
刻絲 kè sī variant of 緙絲|缂丝[ke4 si1]
十字絲 shí zì sī crosshairs
千絲萬縷 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways
吃螺絲 chī luó sī (of an actor, announcer etc) to stumble over words (Tw)
吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
吐絲自縛 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
單絲不成線，獨木不成林 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)
噴絲頭 pēn sī tóu spinneret; extrusion nozzle
嚴絲合縫 yán sī hé fèng to fit tightly (idiom); to join seamlessly; to fit snugly
土豆絲 tǔ dòu sī julienned potato
屌絲 diǎo sī loser (Internet slang)
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