Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

  sik1   jyutping
  shi4   pinyin
[1] [v] release; set free; lay down
[2] [v] clear up; dispel; remove
[3] [v] explain; expound; elucidate
[4] [n] Buddhism; Sakyamuni; monk

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 20
Level: 1
Radical: (#165)

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

Don't confuse with:

This word has been viewed 6735 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Apr 2012 04:29

Output this character as a high resolution image
Add to vocab list:

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Mandarin | Spanish Language
Studying in China | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Chinese course in London

detail  gaai2 sik1  jie3 shi4 = explain
detail  zyu3 sik1  zhu4 shi4 = to make comments or notes at the margins; to annotate
detail  sik1 ji4  shi4 yi2 = remove doubts
detail  bou2 sik1  bao3 shi4 = release on bail, bail
detail  wok6 sik1  huo4 shi4 = obtain release (from prison)
detail  sik1 fong3  shi4 fang4 = release; liberate (a prisoner)
detail  bou2 sik1 gam1  bao3 shi4 jin1 = recognizance (like bail)
detail  bing1 sik1  bing1 shi4 = (of misgivings, misunderstandings, etc.) disappear; vanish; be dispelled
detail  gaai2 sik1 zap1 hang4  jie3 shi4 zhi2 xing2 = interpreted (computer)
detail  oi3 bat1 sik1 sau2  ai4 bu4 shi4 shou3 = to fondle admiringly
See all 30 compounds

Showing all 2 examples containing 釋
detail 唔可以解釋一下點解無端端被人
Can you explain why you were arrested for no reason?
[Lit. Can-cannot explain a-little-bit why you would-be for-no-reason by people arrest [particle]?]
detail 人質囚禁二十日獲釋
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
[Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.]
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.077586 secs
Rows returned from database=38
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.