Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "侍", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "侍", and master the standard way of writing the character "侍".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 侍
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "侍" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
侍 [shì]
动
1. 伺候,在旁边陪着。
(To serve, to accompany at someone's side.)
2. 引申为服侍、侍奉。
(Extended meaning: to wait upon; to attend upon; to serve.)
3. 进言,进献。
(To suggest; to present.)
名
1. 侍妾;侍女。
(Gentlewoman; maidservant.)
2. 姓。
(A surname.)
Additional Examples:
1. 侍立。
(To stand by in attendance.)
2. 侍者(侍奉左右的人)。
(A servant who attends to others.)
3. 侍从。
(Attendant.)
4. 侍读(给帝王讲学的人)。
(A tutor who teaches the emperor.)
5. 侍役(仆人)。
(Servant.)
6. 侍儿 (丫环;婢女;妇女自称的谦辞)。
(Maid; term of self-reference by a woman.)
7. 侍妾 (婢女)。
(Concubine or maidservant.)
8. 侍姬 (贴身侍女或姬妾)。
(Personal maid or concubine.)
Examples in Literature:
- 《说文》:侍,承也。
(In "Shuowen": "Shi" means to serve.)
- 《论语·先进》:子路、曾皙冉有、 公西华侍坐。
(In "Analects": Zilu, Zengxie, and Gongxihua attended as servants.)
- 明·崔铣《记王忠肃公翱三事》:迁我京职,则汝朝夕侍母。
(In Ming, Cui Xian's writing: "If you move my position to the capital, you shall serve mother day and night.")