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

常德弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments
chǎng sī filature silk
wēi sī microfilament
血管 wēi sī xuè guǎn capillary blood vessels
愛莉 ài lì sī Iris (name)
愛麗 ài lì sī Alice (name)
愛麗泉 ài lì sī quán Alice Springs, town in central Australia
愛麗漫遊奇境記 ài lì sī màn yóu qí jìng jì Alice in Wonderland
mù sī mousse (loanword)
戈氏金燕 gē shì jīn sī yàn (bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
chōu sī to spin silk
剝繭 chōu sī bāo jiǎn lit. to spin silk from cocoons; fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
模 lā sī mó die (i.e. tool for cutting wire to a given diameter)
bá sī wire drawing; candied floss (cooking); spun sugar or toffee (coating)
mó sī hair mousse (loanword)
分裂 yǒu sī fēn liè mitosis
zhè sī silk from worms fed on 柘[zhe4] leaves
yē sī shredded coconut
shuǐ sī (silver) of low purity; low grade
永不生銹的螺釘 yǒng bù shēng xiù de luó sī dīng a "screw that never rusts" — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1], to whom the metaphor is attributed
yóu sī gossamer; hairspring
hàn sī welding wire
分裂 wú sī fēn liè amitosis
熔斷 róng duàn sī fuse wire
shú sī silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)