Definition
识 (shí) is a formal, literary verb meaning 'to know, to recognize', often used in writing or fixed expressions. It is less common in everyday speech than 知道 (know a fact) or 认识 (know a person/recognize). 识 frequently appears as a root in compounds like 识别 (identify) and 相识 (acquaintance).
verb
to knowto recognize
Easily confused
- 织zhīlook-aliketo weave (cloth, fabric)
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 积jīlook-aliketo accumulate, to amass, to store up (over time)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 时shísound-alike(noun) time, period, season
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
- 使shǐsound-aliketo cause, to make (someone do something)
- 十shísound-aliketen
- 室shìsound-alikeroom (often as a suffix in compound words)
- 屎shǐsound-alikefeces; excrement; stool
Examples
- ，？Wǒ bù rèn shí lù, nǐ néng dài wǒ qù ma?I don't know the way; can you take me there?
- ？Nǐ rèn shí zhège rén ma?Do you know this person?
- 。Tā rèn shí hěnduō Hànzì.He knows many Chinese characters.
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