Chinese Word: 仕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

仕

Pinyin: shì

English Definition: to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 将

Chinese Definition:
①做官：出仕。仕宦。学而优则仕。仕途。仕女(a。宫女，贵族妇女；b。以社会上层妇女为题材的中国画。均亦作“士女”)。
②审察：“弗问弗仕”。
③古同“事”，事业。

Total strokes: 5; Radical: 人

Pictophonetic:士 indicates the sound; 亻 (person) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
- 士 [ shì ] scholar, gentleman; soldier

Similar Characters: 伴计什仵性汁侄住汢

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仕途	shì tú	official career (formal)
仕女	shì nǚ	court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women
仕宦	shì huàn	(literary) to serve as an official
致仕	zhì shì	to retire from a government post (old)
兴都库仕	xīng dū kù shì	the Hindu Kush (mountain range)

1		xué ér yōu zé shì 学而优则仕。 A good scholar will make an official.
2		ài mǎ shì 爱马仕 hái 还 biǎo shì 表示 qí 其 shāng yè 商业 xíng wéi 行为 guī fàn 规范 jǐn jǐn 仅仅 duì 对 yǔ qí 与其 yǒu 有 shāng yè 商业 guān xi 关系 de 的 gōng yìng shāng 供应商 yǒu 有 yāo qiú 要求。 The company said its code of conduct only applied at suppliers with which it had a business relationship.
3		bǎi shì tōng 百仕通 huò dé 获得 cóng 从 jī jīn 基金 tóu zī rén 投资人 shǒu zhōng 手中 shōu qǔ 收取 guǎn lǐ fèi 管理费 de 的 quán lì 权利， tā 它 qiāng 将 wèi cǐ 为此 ér 而 xiàng 向 měi yín měi 美银美 lín 林 fù chū 付出 duō 多 gāo de 高的 jià gé 价格， mù qián 目前 hái 还 méi yǒu 没有 dé dào 得到 pī lù 披露。 The amount that Blackstone will pay BofA ML for the right to collect management fees from investors in the fund hasn't been disclosed.