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(Trad.: 詩)
Pinyin: shī
English Definition: poem; Classifiers: ; poetry; verse; abbr. for Shijing 诗经 , the Book of Songs
Chinese Definition:
①文学体栽的一种,通过有节奏和韵律的语言反映生活,抒发情感:诗歌。诗话(a.评论诗人、诗歌、诗派以及记录诗人议论、行事的著作;b.古代说唱艺术的一种)。诗集。诗剧。诗篇。诗人。诗章。诗史。吟诗。
②中国古书名,《诗经》的简称。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (speech) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ yán ] words, speech; to speak, to say
    • [ ] court, office; temple, monastery
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Example Words
诗人 shī rén bard; poet
诗歌 shī poem; Classifiers:
诗词 shī verse
诗意 shī poetry; poetic quality or flavor
诗句 shī verse; Classifiers:
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Example Sentences
1
Benjamin: Yeah, I love his poems.
2
She listened to every book, every poem I read her.
3
She read me her favorite poem.
4
It's a longish poem, not in your anthology, but you can find it in The Complete Yeats, and I've given you on this handout page just a couple stanzas from it, so you have a sense of it.
5
His prose reads like poetry.