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

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識

sik1 zi3

shi2 shi4 zhi4

[粵]sik1 [國]shi2 shi4
[1] [v] know; recognize; discern
[2] [n] knowledge; opinion; view

[粵]zi3 [國]zhi4
[1] [v] remember; commit to memory
[2] [n] mark; sign; symbol

1. Pinyin shi2 is China's reading; shi4 is Taiwan's.
2. The zi3/zhi4 pair is used only in literary context.

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 1

Radical: (#149)

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

識 / 识

Don't confuse with:
職

This word has been viewed 31439 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jan 2014 09:54

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

知識 zi1 sik1 zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; learning

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 shi2 = out 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

標識 biu1 zi3 biao1 zhi4 = logo; identity
See all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 102 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 21 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.

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?

返學可以識到好多同學仔。粵
Going to school can get to know a lot of classmates.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131529,131533#msg-131533]

不要跟他一般見識! 國
don't lower yourself to their level!
[lit. don't follow them in being so common/basic/primitive]

就算喺日常生活中﹐都需要一啲科學常識。粵
We need some scientific knowledge even in dealing with our daily life.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?3,118014]

呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

老虎竟然識食紅蘿蔔，真係咄咄怪事！
Tigers that eat carrots? How strange is that?!

個衰仔識埋成班豬朋狗友！粵
My naughty kid has made friends with so many bad people.

我識煮正宗泰國菜。粵
I can cook authentic Thai food.
[[Lit.] I know (how) to cook authentic Thai food. ]

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

講起嚟﹐我都識何先生。粵
Now you come to mention it, I know Mr Ho as well.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'once you start ...'.]

佢好識襯衫。
He/She knows how to match clothes.

雖然你老公喺出便嫖賭飲吹，但至少佢識賺錢返嚟養家，你咪冇眼屎乾淨盲囉粵
Despite all the vices outside, your husband brings home money to support the family, you should just pretend you don't know and choose to be happy.

呢單嘢佢識做咩? 粵
Can he really do this piece of job?
[In this example 做 and 咩 are separate. Cf. the shorter more ambiguous "佢識做咩?", which can be interpreted as 1. "What can he do?" (when 做咩 is treated together), or 2. "Can he do it?" (when treated separately).]

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