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Usage of the character 恃

shì
[恃]
  • (bound form) to rely on
  • (literary) one's mother
hùshì
怙恃
[怙恃]
  • to rely on
  • father and mother (classical)
zìshì
自恃
[自恃]
  • self-esteem
  • self-reliance
  • overconfident
  • conceited
shīshì
失恃
[失恃]
  • to lose sb one relies upon
  • to lose one's mother
píngshì
凭恃
[憑恃]
  • to depend on
  • to rely on
zhàngshì
仗恃
[仗恃]
  • to rely on; to depend on
kěshì
可恃
[可恃]
  • reliable
shìcái'àowù
恃才傲物
[恃才傲物]
  • (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
yǒushìwúkǒng
有恃无恐
[有恃無恐]
  • secure in the knowledge that one has backing
shìqiánglíngruò
恃强凌弱
[恃強凌弱]
  • see 恃強欺弱/恃强欺弱 (shìqiángqīruò)
shìqiángqīruò
恃强欺弱
[恃強欺弱]
  • to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)
  • to bully