IDENTITY
狮shīlion
HSK 4Top 1850
CORE MEANING
lion
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.lionHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 犭animal radical (quǎn)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰犭师
- animal
- gives the sound shī
USAGE
Common words
狮子shīzilion
舞狮wǔshīlion dance
Graded examples
动物园的狮子在睡觉。Dòngwùyuán de shīzi zài shuìjiào.HSK4
The zoo lion is sleeping.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The animal (犭) with the name of the master (师) — the lion, king of beasts. (From 獅.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #1850
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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