嘶
hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,037 U+5636
How 嘶 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 斯 (phonetic, sī)
How to remember it
hoarse · Heisig RSH #2738
口 mouth + 斯 Sphinx
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 斯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 斯 (sī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斯 sound component | sī | this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations |
| 厮 | sī | servant; to cause a disturbance |
| 撕 | sī | to rip, to tear; to buy cloth |
| 澌 | sī | to vanish, to disappear; to exhaust, to dry up |
Words containing 嘶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老马嘶风 | lǎo mǎ sī fēng | old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 人喊马嘶 | rén hǎn mǎ sī | lit. people shouting and horses neighing (idiom); fig. tumultuous; hubbub |
| 声嘶力竭 | shēng sī lì jié | to shout oneself hoarse (idiom) |
| 老骥嘶风 | lǎo jì sī fēng | old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations |
| 嘶哑声 | sī yǎ shēng | hoarse |
| 嘶嘶声 | sī sī shēng | hissing or sizzling sound |
| 嘶叫 | sī jiào | to whinny (of a horse); to neigh; to shout |
| 嘶鸣 | sī míng | to whinny (of a horse); to neigh |
| 嘶哑 | sī yǎ | (onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse; husky |
| 嘶喊 | sī hǎn | to shout |
| 嘶吼 | sī hǒu | to yell; to shout |