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shǐ = sh + Ø3
arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]
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How to pronounce 矢

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

矢 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 矢 as component

shěn = sh + (e)n3
(interrog.)
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yǐng = y + (e)ng3
short and small
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short / dwarfish
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Words with 矢

lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism / attacked on all sides
vector (math.)

Sentences with 矢

矢 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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shǐ

arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]

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