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士
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Definitions
- 1. bachelor
- 2. honorific
- 3. noncommissioned officer
- 4. specialist worker
Example Sentences
1 shown這輛巴 士 開往波 士 頓。
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Words Containing 士
jazz (loanword)
high-minded and righteous person
monk (Christian)
Stanley (name)
Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
well-informed source; person with inside information
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
Shakespeare (name)
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre), famous aria from opera Carmen 卡門|卡门 by Georges Bizet
person
sergeant first class
bachelor's degree
traditionalist
martyr of the revolution
private (army)
fighter
person willing to sacrifice his life (for a good cause)
The Bronx, borough of New York City
whiskey (loanword)
double-decker bus
Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
Liechtenstein
Dr Faustus
scholar
midwife
respect for the wise
Taiwan equivalent of 奔馳|奔驰[bēn chí]
Foxconn Technology Group
Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer
hero
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[wèi jìn nán běi cháo]
knight; cavalier
honorary doctorate
doctor
cheese (loanword)
Firestone (Tire and Rubber Company)
friar; frater
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
The Bronx, borough of New York City
doctoral degree
lady
the Bastille (Paris)
minibus
master sergeant
jazz (loanword)
Foxconn Technology Group
member of religious order
Welsh (language)
husky (sled dog)
selected outstanding scholars (in former times)
minibus
Swiss roll
bachelor's degree
New South Wales, southeast Australian state
master's degree
the Magi
alchemist
bachelor's degree
Swiss Army knife
title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院[hàn lín yuàn] conferred on meritorious candidates until the next examination
student of theology
armed fighters
vaseline (loanword)
matador
skilled manipulator
warrant officer
jazz (loanword)
disco (loanword)
Book of Judges
chivalry
corporal (army)
members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
Hazeline, Unilever range of skin care products
doctor of medicine
odd person
Bachelor of Science B.Sc.
assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[sūn zhū] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[táng shī sān bǎi shǒu]
staff sergeant
custard powder
Philistia, aka the Land of the Philistines
Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
Times (newspaper)
scholar officials
a professional
Mt Everest
taxi (loanword)
Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
Bachelor of Arts
lady
Boston, capital of Massachusetts
alchemist
Daoist priest
warrior in white
bushidō or way of the warrior, samurai code of chivalry
martyr
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
knight
extraordinary hero with special abilities
Disneyland
(loanword) pence
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Prussia (historical German state)
non-party member
a warrior
(loanword) pence; penny
Swiss franc (currency)
cashmere (loanword)
Queensland, northeast Australian state
defender
Everest (name)
postdoc
to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
M.Sc. (Master of Science degree)
New South Wales (Australian state)
Schweppes (soft drinks company)
non-party members
(dialect) spanner (loanword)
cheese (loanword)
bus (loanword)
Vespa (scooter)
successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
Suez Canal
a human rights activist
(loanword) pence
Fujitsu
gladiator
berserker (Norse warrior or fantasy role-playing character)
toast (loanword)
Seven Samurai (movie)
motorcycle taxi
copyist
Memorial Day (American holiday)
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
ASICS (Japanese footwear brand)
(dialect) store (loanword)
Crest (brand)
(loanword) tip
warrior
Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
scholar
guardian
Ladies first!
Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan
sarsaparilla
warrior
yuppie (loanword)
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
honorary doctorate
the Suez canal
the Beatles (music band)
the Philistines, who settled on the southern coast of Palestine in the 12th century BC
elegant scholar
Swiss (person)
corresponding member (of an academy)
academician
soldier
fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
Caltex (petroleum brand name)
gentleman
knight-errant
sergeant
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
cheesecake
the Times (newspaper)
all walks of life
Boston University
the Magi
master's degree
activist
attendant to the emperor
hermit
free jazz (music genre)
churchman
member of religious order
a Jesuit
Richmond (name)
Houston, Texas
Shilin or Shihlin District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
strong man
missionary
Justice of the Peace (JP)
memorial mound
Carlsberg
damson (fruit)
Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu)
eloquent person
Snickers (candy bar)
Visa (credit card)
official
knighthood
political dissident
Fuji (Japanese company)
Basra (city in Iraq)
whiskey (loanword)
analyst
a knight-errant
nurse
Wales, constituent nation of UK
Constantinople, capital of Byzantium
Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)
cheesecake
PhD degree (Doctor of Philosophy)
those with lofty ideals (idiom)
honorary doctorate
person with learning difficulties (handicap)
Bachelor of Arts B.A.
civil rights activist
observer
Mt Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains
noncommssioned officer (NCO)
\the four classes\ of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
Bachelor of Laws
strategist
River Thames
Doctor of Laws
dissident
Queensland (Australia)
Doctor of Letters
public figure
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天
druggist
Switzerland
Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan
man
an environmental activist
Gatsby, Japanese cosmetics brand
Alor Star city, capital of Kedah state in northwest Malaysia
a Jesuit
strong man
katana
Boston Red Sox (baseball) team
Master's degree student
agrégation (exam for teaching diploma in French universities)
rooibos tea
morale
virtuous person
Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
strawberry (loanword)
to fight at the head of one's troops
see 詹姆斯·高斯林[zhān mǔ sī · gāo sī lín]
literati
hippie (loanword)
sergeant major
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Cyrus (name)
Suez (canal)
honorary doctorate
(Singapore, Malaysia) taxi (loanword)
Damascus, capital of Syria
postdoc
lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
Mt. Fuji, Japan
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
a Confucian scholar
bus stop