shi shí

recognize, understand, know

HSK 1 #340

DEFINITIONS

识 shí
  • to know
  • knowledge
  • Taiwan pr. [shi4]
识 zhì
  • to record
  • to write a footnote

STROKES

WORDS

字 bù shí zì illiterate
庐山真面目 bù shì lú shān zhēn miàn mù lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain; fig. can't see the forest for the trees
抬举 bù shí tái jǔ fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
时变 bù shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
泰山 bù shí tài shān can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
高低 bù shí gāo dī can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
世界知产权组织 shì jiè zhī shí chǎn quán zǔ zhī World Intellectual Property Organization
九二共 jiǔ èr gòng shí 1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China
元语言学意 yuán yǔ yán xué yì shí metalinguistic awareness
光学字符别 guāng xué zì fú shí bié optical character recognition, OCR
公共知分子 gōng gòng zhī shi fèn zǐ public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)
冷知 lěng zhī shi trivia
前意 qián yì shí preconscious; preconsciousness
zhuó shí superior judgment; sagacity
博闻多 bó wén duō shí learned and erudite; knowledgeable and experienced
博闻强 bó wén qiáng shí erudite; widely read and knowledgeable
bó shí knowledgeable; erudite; erudition; proficient
多通 bó shí duō tōng knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
洽闻 bó shí qià wén knowledgeable; erudite (idiom)
反知 fǎn zhī shi anti-intellectual
句法意 jù fǎ yì shí syntactic awareness
名重暗 míng zhòng shí àn of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
宗 wéi shí zōng Yogācāra school of Buddhism; Consciousness-only school of Buddhism
射频别 shè pín shí bié radio-frequency identification (RFID)
思想意 sī xiǎng yì shí consciousness