室 - shì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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室

shì

Definition

room
work unit
grave
scabbard
family or clan
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy

Character Decomposition

Related words (103)

indoor

roommate

outdoor

room temperature

chamber music

interior decorating

interior design

to long for somebody far away; to grieve over the dead

云室

yún shì

cloud chamber (physics)

sideroom; concubine

office (room); ruling families during Spring and Autumn period

兰室

lán shì

a lady's room (honorific)

inner room; bedroom

concubine (old)

bedroom

wife

imperial clan; member of the imperial clan; clansman; ancestral shrine

guest room

wife; family; (literary) residence

cell; private room

bedroom; dormitory

room; apartment

exhibition room

underground mine storage room; mine passage

concubine

ventricle (heart)

room

classroom

darkroom

first wife; legal wife

浴室

yù shì

bathroom (room used for bathing); shower room

greenhouse

royal family; royal household

画室

huà shì

artist's studio; atelier

病室

bìng shì

infirmary; ward; sickroom

皇室

huáng shì

royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family

case for an ink slab

chamber (mining)

department; administrative division; unit (e.g. intensive care unit)

concubine

second wife (of a widower)

magnificent room

ventricles of the brain

consulting room

classroom

(lit.) to open a room; (fig.) to settle in a quiet room; behind closed doors

belfry; clock room

dining room

tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)

主计室

zhǔ jì shì

auditing department; accounting department; comptroller office

lobby; lounge

parlor

meeting room; conference room

传达室

chuán dá shì

reception office; janitor's office

supply room

waiting room (at clinic, hospital)

候车室

hòu chē shì

waiting room (for train, bus etc)

gym

storeroom

office; business premises

化妆室

huà zhuāng shì

dressing room; powder room; (Taiwan) toilets

infirmary; sick bay

smoking room

coffee shop

indoors

basement; cellar

laboratory; lab

studio; workshop

broadcasting room

emergency room; ER

diverticulitis

mail sorting office

reception room

control room

pilothouse

mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission)

收报室

shōu bào shì

mail room; radio reception room

放映室

fàng yìng shì

cinema room; viewing room

教务室

jiào wù shì

school administration office

教研室

jiào yán shì

teaching and research section

更衣室

gēng yī shì

change room; dressing room; locker room; toilet

梳妆室

shū zhuāng shì

boudoir; lady's dressing room

cloud chamber

broadcasting studio

ionization chamber

toilet; washroom; bathroom; lavatory

dispatch office

editorial office

chat room

a dissecting room

living room; sitting room

门诊室

mén zhěn shì

clinic; outpatient department (or consulting room)

reading room

display room

sun room; solarium

greenhouse effect

greenhouse gas

to discuss behind closed doors

金柜石室

jīn guì shí shì

safe places for storing important articles

lecture theater

laboratory infection

language laboratory

wēn shì fèi qì chǔ cún

greenhouse gas sequestration

Idioms (9)

不安其室

bù ān qí shì

to be discontented with one's home; to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)

升堂入室

shēng táng rù shì

(lit.) to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom); (fig.) to gradually attain proficiency; to attain a higher level

同室操戈

tóng shì cāo gē

wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife

引狼入室

yǐn láng rù shì

to lead the wolf into the house (idiom); to leave oneself open to attack; to act imprudently, asking for trouble

成家立室

chéng jiā lì shì

to get married (idiom)

登堂入室

dēng táng rù shì

from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom); to go to the next level; to attain a higher level

空室清野

kōng shì qīng yě

empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy; scorched earth policy

筑室道谋

zhù shì dào móu

(lit.) ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do; without a clue

芝兰之室

zhī lán zhī shì

(lit.) a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company

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