Chinese characters for “shi”

wet, moist, humid, damp

poetry

body, corpse

to lose

teacher, professional, master

bug, louse, parasite

body, corpse

to grant, to bestow

a river in Henan province

lion

teacher, professional, master

spoon

lion

yarrow, milfoil

poetry

louse

cat fish

wet, moist, humid, damp

time, season

ten, tenth

to collect, to pick up, to tidy up

knowledge

food

stone, rock, mineral

real, true

food

china, stoneware

to nibble at, to erode

food

a chicken roost

time, season

to transplant, to grow

to transplant, to grow

real, true

to nibble at, to erode

Reeves' shad

knowledge

Reeves' shad

cause, mission, orders

history, chronicle, annals

arrow, dart

pig, boar

to begin, to start

to drive, to pilot, to ride

stool, feces, dung

to drive, to pilot, to ride

to be

affair, matter, business

to try, to experiment

city, town

house, home

formula, pattern, rule, style, system

scholar, gentleman

clan, family

spirit

generation, era, age

official

altar

habit

resembling, similar to

to serve, to attend upon

power, force

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

to decorate, to adorn

to trust, to rely on

to wipe away stains with a cloth

persimmon

to borrow

match, comfortable

to lick, to lap up

carriage crossbar

to die, to pass away

cerium

fermented beans

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

patricide, matricide

posthumous name or title

to explain, to interpret

power, force

addicted to, fond of, with a weakness for

patricide, matricide

divination using the stalks of plants

to try, to experiment

carriage crossbar

to decorate, to adorn

to swear, to pledge

match, comfortable

majestic, red

to bite, to gnaw

posthumous name or title

poison, sting

posthumous name or title

raincoat

to explain, to interpret