丝

sī · si

Traditional 絲

Meaning

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  1. silk
  2. thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
  3. classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

In a sentence

2 examples
01

简(jiǎn)的(de)美(měi)丽(lì)丝(sī)毫(háo)不(bú)逊(xùn)色(sè)于(yú)她(tā)母(mǔ)亲(qīn)。

Jane is no less beautiful than her mother.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by CP · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)些(xiē)土(tǔ)豆(dòu)切(qiē)成(chéng)丝(sī)。

I want to slice these potatoes into strips.

Tatoeba: Chinese by xjjAstrus · English by znc · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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