噬

shì

sh+ì·4th tone

to devour · to bite

Radical: 口 Strokes: 16

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

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Character Decomposition

噬=口+筮

Etymology

mouth

Meanings

to devour

to bite

shì

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Words with 噬 52 total

to backfire on; to rebound on反噬fǎn shì to swallow · to engulf · to gobble up吞噬tūn shì to bite噬咬shì yǎo bacteriophage; phage噬菌体shì jūn tǐ (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) · (fig.) too late for regrets噬脐莫及shì qí mò jí (biology) phagocytosis吞噬作用tūn shì zuò yòng phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)吞噬细胞tūn shì xì bāo macrophage巨噬细胞jù shì xì bāo macrophage大吞噬细胞dà tūn shì xì bāo microphage (a type of white blood cell)小吞噬细胞xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo

Idioms with 噬 15 total Chain

lit. how can one bite one's own navel? (idiom) · fig. it is too late to regret噬脐何及shì qí hé jí (lit.) one cannot bite one's own navel (idiom) · (fig.) too late for regrets噬脐莫及shì qí mò jí

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