Chinese words starting with “si”
43 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable si. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 4 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
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- 1st tone 25
- 3rd tone 3
- 4th tone 15
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 死亡sǐ wángHSK 6
to die; death
- 似乎sì hūHSK 4
it seems; seemingly; as if
- 思想sī xiǎngHSK 3
thought; thinking; idea; ideology
- 司机sī jīHSK 2
chauffeur; driver
All 43 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 死 | sǐ | v,a,vn,d | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 2 | 四 | sì | m,t | four; 4 | |
| 3 | 丝 | sī | n,q | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 4 | 思考 | sī kǎo | v,vn | to reflect on; to ponder over | |
| 5 | 私人 | sī rén | n | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 6 | 司法 | sī fǎ | n | judicial; (administration of) justice | |
| 7 | 思维 | sī wéi | n | (line of) thought; thinking | |
| 8 | 四处 | sì chù | d | all over the place; everywhere and all directions | |
| 9 | 四周 | sì zhōu | f,s | all around | |
| 10 | 丝毫 | sī háo | m,a,n | the slightest amount or degree; a bit | |
| 11 | 撕 | sī | v | to tear | |
| 12 | 思路 | sī lù | n | line of thought; way of thinking | |
| 13 | 思念 | sī niàn | v,vn | to think of; to long for; to miss | |
| 14 | 私下 | sī xià | d | in private | |
| 15 | 寺 | sì | g | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 16 | 司令 | sī lìng | n | commanding officer | |
| 17 | 四肢 | sì zhī | n | the four limbs of the body | |
| 18 | 饲料 | sì liào | n | feed; fodder | |
| 19 | 思绪 | sī xù | n | train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling | |
| 20 | 饲养 | sì yǎng | v,vn | to raise; to rear | |
| 21 | 四季 | sì jì | n | four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬 | |
| 22 | 丝绸 | sī chóu | n | silk cloth; silk | |
| 23 | 思索 | sī suǒ | v,vn | to think deeply; to ponder | |
| 24 | 私自 | sī zì | d | private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval | |
| 25 | 寺庙 | sì miào | n | temple; monastery; shrine | |
| 26 | 私立 | sī lì | b | private (company, school etc) | |
| 27 | 私营 | sī yíng | b | privately-owned; private | |
| 28 | 私事 | sī shì | n | personal matters | |
| 29 | 死心 | sǐ xīn | v | to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about | |
| 30 | 肆无忌惮 | sì wú jì dàn | v | absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple | |
| 31 | 似曾相识 | sì céng xiāng shí | v | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted | |
| 32 | 斯文 | sī wén | a | refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle | |
| 33 | 私有 | sī yǒu | vn,v | private; privately-owned | |
| 34 | 四面八方 | sì miàn bā fāng | l | in all directions; all around; far and near | |
| 35 | 伺机 | sì jī | d | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | |
| 36 | 司空见惯 | sī kōng jiàn guàn | v | a common occurrence (idiom) | |
| 37 | 司长 | sī zhǎng | n | bureau chief | |
| 38 | 死心塌地 | sǐ xīn tā dì | to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving | ||
| 39 | 似是而非 | sì shì ér fēi | v | apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom) | |
| 40 | 私房钱 | sī fáng qián | n | secret purse; secret stash of money | |
| 41 | 思前想后 | sī qián xiǎng hòu | v | to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection | |
| 42 | 四合院 | sì hé yuàn | n | courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) | |
| 43 | 私家车 | sī jiā chē | private car |
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