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Meaning of 嗜

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嗜
Pinyin: shì
English Definition: addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile
Chinese Definition:
①喜欢,爱好:嗜学。嗜酒。嗜好(hào)。嗜欲。嗜痂之癖(形容人的乖僻嗜好。亦称“嗜痂成癖”)。
Total strokes: 13; Radical: 口
Pictophonetic:耆 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
    • 耆 [ qí ] man of sixty; aged, old
Similar Characters: 嘈
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Example Words
嗜好 shì hào hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
嗜血 shì xuè bloodthirsty; bloodsucking; hemophile
嗜欲 shì yù lust
嗜杀成性 shì shā chéng xìng bloodthirsty
嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
More:嗜* | *嗜 | *嗜*
Example Sentences
1
他嗜烟成瘾
。
He is addicted to smoking.
2
霍布斯觉得是邪恶和嗜战
。
Vicious and addicted to warfare, wrote Hobbes.
3
不过通常还是癖嗜最终获胜
。
In the end the addiction usually wins.
4
具有讽刺意味的是
,
我的丈夫深信我只是一个嗜酒的人
。
Ironically, my husband was fixated on the fact that I might be an alcoholic.
5
这种情况可能是过量繁殖的嗜油和嗜甲烷微生物所导致的
。
The probable cause in this case: microbes digesting oil and methane gas from the spill.