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  sik1 zi3   jyutping
  (PRC) shi2 (TW) shi4; zhi4   pinyin
/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

verb
Stroke count: 19
Level: 3
Radical: (#149)

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

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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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detail  sik1 dak1  shi4 de2 = to know; to recognize
detail  soeng1 sik1  xiang1 shi2 = acquaintance; (of two or more people) to know one another
detail  bat1 daa2 bat1 soeng1 sik1  bu4 da3 bu4 xiang1 shi4 = "from an exchange of blows friendship grows"
detail  jing6 sik1  ren4 shi5 = to know, to recognize
detail  bat1 jing6 sik1  bu4*2 ren4 shi5 = do not recognise sth./sb.
detail  gin3 sik1  jian4 shi5 = experience, general knowledge
detail  sik1 bit6  shi2 bie2 = to distinguish
detail  ji3 sik1  yi4 shi4 = consciousness; to be conscious of; to be aware of
detail  zi1 sik1  zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; intellectual; intellect
detail  biu1 zi3  biao1 zhi4 = logo; identity
See all 89 compounds (CantoDict reports 99 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 14 examples containing 識
detail audio 唔識筷子
He/she doesn't know how to use chopsticks.
detail audio 唔識廣東話
I don't speak Cantonese.
detail audio 開心.
Nice to meet you.
[(lit.) Very happy to have met you.]
detail audio 識聽廣東話
I understand [spoken] Cantonese.
detail audio 識講廣東話
I know how to speak Cantonese.
detail audio 返學可以好多同學
Going to school can meet a lot of classmates.
detail audio 唔識踢波
Do you know how to play soccer?
detail audio 呢啲手板眼見功夫你好學識
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.
detail 老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔真係咄咄怪事
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!
detail audio 衰仔豬朋狗友
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.
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