侍

shì

Meanings

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shì

1.to serve
2.to attend upon

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Wiktionary

1.to wait upon; to serve
2.attendant; servant
3.a surname, Shi

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *djɯs): semantic ⺅ (“person”) + phonetic 寺 (OC *ljɯs).

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Stroke order

Components

侍亻寺

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

没有人可以共侍二主。
No man can serve two masters.

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Related words

侍候 to serve 侍妾 concubine 侍女 maid 侍从 to serve (an important personage)媵侍 concubine (old)侍者 attendant 侍应 waiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生[shì yìng shēng])妾侍 maids and concubines 侍弄 to look after 伏侍 variant of 服侍[fú shi]侍奉 to wait upon 陪侍 to wait upon (older people)