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斯

sī
particle #620

Meanings

  1. 1 (phonetic transliteration character)
  2. 2 this (literary)

Examples

巴黎是法兰西的首都。
Bālí shì Fǎlánxī de shǒudū.
Paris is the capital of France.
俄罗斯是一个大国。
Éluósī shì yí gè dàguó.
Russia is a large country.

Tips

usage
斯 is overwhelmingly used as a phonetic character for transliterating foreign names: 俄罗斯 (Russia), 克里斯 (Chris). Its classical meaning 'this' is rarely seen outside literary Chinese.

Stroke Order

斯 sī