詩 (si1 | shi1) : poetry; poem; verse; ode

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詩

si1

shi1

[1] poetry; poem; verse; ode; poetic [2] anything or quality as an offspring of pure imagination [3] short for the Book of Odes edited by Confucius

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#149)

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

詩 / 诗

This word has been viewed 8367 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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詩人 si1 jan4 shi1 ren2 = poet; bard

作詩 zok3 si1 = make poetry, poeticize

一節詩 jat1 zit3 si1 yi1 jie2 shi1 = stanza

史詩 si2 si1 shi3 shi1 = epic (poetry)

情詩 cing4 si1 qing2 shi1 = love poem

古詩 gu2 si1 gu3 shi1 = old verse; classical Chinese poem

吟詩 jam4 si1 = recite poems

七行詩 cat1 hong4 si1 qi1 hang2 shi1 = heptastich, a poem or stanza of seven lines

十四行詩 sap6 sei3 hong4 si1 shi2 si4 hang2 shi1 = sonnet

詩詞 si1 ci4 shi1 ci2 = verse
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Decimal representation of this word: 詩
Unicode code for this character: U+8A69 (off-site link)

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