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Usage of the character 詩

Shī
[詩]
  • abbr. for Shijing 詩經/诗经 ( Shījīng), the Book of Songs
shī
[詩]
  • poem
  • CL:首 (shǒu)
  • poetry
  • verse
shīhuà
诗话
[詩話]
  • notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old)
  • a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
shīlü
诗律
[詩律]
  • meters and forms of versification; prosody
Shī Lǐ
诗礼
[詩禮]
  • the Book of Songs 書經/书经 ( Shūjīng) and Classic of Rites 禮記/礼记 ( Lǐjì)
  • a cultured well-read person
tíshī
题诗
[題詩]
  • to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy
  • an inscribed poem
wǎnshī
挽诗
[輓詩]
  • elegy
shīyì
诗意
[詩意]
  • poetry
  • poetic quality or flavor
Shījīng
诗经
[詩經]
  • Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經/五经 ( Wǔjīng)
chángshī
长诗
[長詩]
  • long poem
Shī Shū
诗书
[詩書]
  • the Book of Songs 詩經/诗经 ( Shījīng) and the Book of History 書經/书经 ( Shūjīng)
shīrén
诗人
[詩人]
  • bard
  • poet
qíngshī
情诗
[情詩]
  • love poem
shīpiān
诗篇
[詩篇]
  • a poem
  • a composition in verse
  • fig. epic (compared with historical epic)
  • the biblical Book of Psalms
gǔshī
古诗
[古詩]
  • old verse
  • Classical Chinese poem
shītán
诗坛
[詩壇]
  • poetry circles
  • poetry world
shījù
诗句
[詩句]
  • verse
  • CL:行 (háng)
shīhuà
诗画
[詩畫]
  • poetry and pictorial art
  • work of art combining pictures and poetry
shīcí
诗词
[詩詞]
  • verse
shītǐ
诗体
[詩體]
  • poetic form or genre
shīshèng
诗圣
[詩聖]
  • "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫 ( Dù Fǔ)
lüshī
律诗
[律詩]
  • regular verse
  • strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
fùshī
赋诗
[賦詩]
  • to versify
  • to compose poetry
shǐshī
史诗
[史詩]
  • an epic
  • poetic saga
shījí
诗集
[詩集]
  • poetry anthology
yínshī
吟诗
[吟詩]
  • to recite poetry
shèngshī
圣诗
[聖詩]
  • hymn
shīxiān
诗仙
[詩仙]
  • "immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白 ( Lǐ Bái)
Tángshī
唐诗
[唐詩]
  • Tang poetry; a Tang poem
shīwén
诗文
[詩文]
  • poetry and literature
shīgǎo
诗稿
[詩稿]
  • verse manuscript
yànshī
艳诗
[艷詩]
  • erotic verse
jiùshī
旧诗
[舊詩]
  • old verse
  • poetry in the old style
shīyuē
诗曰
[詩曰]
  • a poem goes:
yùnshī
韵诗
[韻詩]
  • rhyming verse
Bēi Shī
卑诗
[卑詩]
  • British Columbia, province of Canada (loanword from "BC")
shīgē
诗歌
[詩歌]
  • poem
  • CL:本 (běn),首 (shǒu),段 (duàn)
fǎnshī
反诗
[反詩]
  • verse criticizing officials
  • satirical verse
báihuàshī
白话诗
[白話詩]
  • free verse in the vernacular
yījiéshī
一节诗
[一節詩]
  • stanza
jīntǐshī
今体诗
[今體詩]
  • same as 近體詩/近体诗 (jìntǐshī)
dìngchǎngshī
定场诗
[定場詩]
  • first soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
shānshuǐshī
山水诗
[山水詩]
  • shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
jìntǐshī
近体诗
[近體詩]
  • a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form
jiùtǐshī
旧体诗
[舊體詩]
  • poetry in the old style
shǐshīxìng
史诗性
[史詩性]
  • epic
xùshìshī
叙事诗
[敘事詩]
  • narrative poem
shǐshījí
史诗级
[史詩級]
  • epic; impressive
ménglóngshī
朦胧诗
[朦朧詩]
  • Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
dǎyóushī
打油诗
[打油詩]
  • humorous poem
  • limerick
sǎnwénshī
散文诗
[散文詩]
  • prose poem
gǎnyùshī
感遇诗
[感遇詩]
  • a lament (poem)
shǐshībān
史诗般
[史詩般]
  • epic
gǔtǐshī
古体诗
[古體詩]
  • a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
chàngshībān
唱诗班
[唱詩班]
  • choir
Xuānníshī
轩尼诗
[軒尼詩]
  • Hennessy (cognac)
shūqíngshī
抒情诗
[抒情詩]
  • lyric poetry
liúliánlùnshī
留连论诗
[留連論詩]
  • to continue to discuss a poem over a long period
qīyánlüshī
七言律诗
[七言律詩]
  • verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律 (qīlü))
Yuèfǔ Shījí
乐府诗集
[樂府詩集]
  • Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩 ( Guō Màoqiàn)
yóuyínshīrén
游吟诗人
[遊吟詩人]
  • troubadour; bard
shísìhángshī
十四行诗
[十四行詩]
  • sonnet
rúshīrúhuà
如诗如画
[如詩如畫]
  • (of scenery) stunning
  • spectacular
  • picturesque
shīqínghuàyì
诗情画意
[詩情畫意]
  • picturesque charm
  • idyllic appeal
  • poetic grace
néngshīshànwén
能诗善文
[能詩善文]
  • highly literate
  • lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
Tángshī Sānbǎi Shǒu
唐诗三百首
[唐詩三百首]
  • Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅/孙诛 ( Sūn Zhū)
Yuánshīsìdàjiā
元诗四大家
[元詩四大家]
  • the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集 ( Yú Jí), 範梈/范梈 ( Fàn Pēng), 楊載/杨载 ( Yáng Zài) and 揭傒斯 ( Jiē Xīsī)
Gēshīdá Yóulún
歌诗达邮轮
[歌詩達郵輪]
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