丝

丝

絲

🔊 sī = s + Ø1

silk / thread / trace / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / CL:條|条[tiao2] / classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc

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How to pronounce 丝

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.

sī

= s initial

Socrates.

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+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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丝 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.

• 丝
  • 幺
    • 厶
  • 一

Component Translations

幺

么

🔊 yāo = y + ao1

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

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一

🔊 yī = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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Characters with 丝 as component

咝 鸶

咝

噝

🔊 sī = s + Ø1

(onom.) to hiss / to whistle / to whiz / to fizz

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鸶

鷥

🔊 sī = s + Ø1

heron

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