識 (sik1 zi3 | (PRC) shi2 (TW) shi4; zhi4) : know; remember

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識

sik1 zi3

(PRC) shi2 (TW) shi4; zhi4

/sik1/ 拼音:PRC:/shi2/ ROC:/shi4/
[1] [v] recognize; know; discern [2] [n] opinion; view [3] knowledge

/zi3/ 拼音:/zhi4/
remember; [v] record

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

識 / 识

Don't confuse with:
職

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Mar 2010 06:39

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識得 sik1 dak1 shi4 de2 = to know; to recognize 粵

相識 soeng1 sik1 xiang1 shi2 = acquaintance; (of two or more people) to know one another

不打不相識 bat1 daa2 bat1 soeng1 sik1 bu4 da3 bu4 xiang1 shi4 = "from an exchange of blows friendship grows"

認識 jing6 sik1 ren4 shi5 = to know, to recognize

不認識 bat1 jing6 sik1 bu4*2 ren4 shi5 = do not recognise sth./sb. 國

見識 gin3 sik1 jian4 shi5 = experience, general knowledge

識別 sik1 bit6 shi2 bie2 = to distinguish

意識 ji3 sik1 yi4 shi4 = consciousness; to be conscious of; to be aware of

知識 zi1 sik1 zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; intellectual; intellect

標識 biu1 zi3 biao1 zhi4 = logo; identity
See all 91 compounds (CantoDict reports 101 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 18 examples containing 識

佢唔識用筷子㗎粵
He/she doesn't know how to use chopsticks.

我唔識講廣東話粵
I don't speak Cantonese.

好開心識到你. 粵
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]

我識聽廣東話粵
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.

我識講廣東話。粵
I know how to speak Cantonese.

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can meet a lot of classmates.

全部都唔識呀粵
I don't know anything.
[Lit. everything also not know.]

佢識講好多俗語粵
He knows lots of slang.

我介紹我男朋友畀你識粵
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]

你識唔識踢波呀？粵
Do you know how to play soccer?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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