屎
feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
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Dict coverage rank #1,900 U+5C4E
How 屎 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person, crouched 尸 defecating 米; 米 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
excrement · Heisig RSH #2146
flag + 米 rice
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 屎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸟不拉屎 | niǎo bù lā shǐ | (lit.) (a place where) birds don't defecate; (fig.) (of a place) remote and desolate |
| 狗改不了吃屎 | gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ | lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom); fig. bad habits are hard to change |
| 拉不出屎来怨茅房 | lā bù chū shǐ lái yuàn máo fáng | lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idi… |
| 吃屎都赶不上热乎的 | chī shǐ dōu gǎn bu shàng rè hu de | (lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (sayin… |
| 石屎森林 | shí shǐ sēn lín | (dialect) concrete jungle |
| 一把屎一把尿 | yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào | to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom) |
| 狗屎运 | gǒu shǐ yùn | (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck |
| 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); fig. one bad apple c… |
| 狗吃屎 | gǒu chī shǐ | to fall flat on one's face (vulgar) |
| 占着茅坑不拉屎 | zhàn zhe máo kēng bù lā shǐ | lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb); fig. to be a dog in the manger |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom); fig. one bad apple can… |
| 拉屎 | lā shǐ | to defecate; to shit; to crap |
| 眼屎 | yǎn shǐ | sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) |
| 石屎 | shí shǐ | (Cantonese) concrete |
| 屎意 | shǐ yì | an urge to defecate |
| 扣屎盆子 | kòu shǐ pén zi | to make a scapegoat of sb; to defame; to slander |
| 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu | see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
| 耳屎 | ěr shǐ | earwax; cerumen |
| 懒驴上磨屎尿多 | lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō | (proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey i… |
| 骑脖子拉屎 | qí bó zi lā shǐ | (lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying); (fig.) to treat sb like gar… |