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  sik1 zi3   jyutping
  shi2 shi4 zhi4   pinyin
[]sik1 []shi2 shi4
[1] [v] know; recognize; discern
[2] [n] knowledge; opinion; view

[]zi3 []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.
Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 19
Level: 1
Radical: (#149)

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

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This word has been viewed 28860 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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detail  sik1 dak1  shi4 de2 = to know; to recognize
detail  zi1 sik1  zhi1 shi5 = knowledge; learning
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 shi2 = out 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  biu1 zi3  biao1 zhi4 = logo; identity
See all 93 compounds (CantoDict reports 102 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 21 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 全部唔識
I don't know anything.
[Lit. everything also not know.]
detail 識講好多俗語
He knows lots of slang.
detail 介紹男朋友畀你
Let me introduce my boyfriend.
[lit. I introduce me boyfriend give you know.]
detail audio 唔識踢波
Do you know how to play soccer?
detail audio 返學可以好多同學
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]
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