士
shìShì HSK4

scholar, soldier

士 shì frequency
specialist noun
a person who is a specialist worker or trained professional in a particular field

社会各界人士都积极参与了这项公益活动。

shè​huì gè​jiè rén shì dōu jī​jí cān​yù le zhè xiàng gōng​yì huó​dòng.

People from all walks of life actively participated in this public welfare activity.

scholar proper name
a member of the senior ministerial class or an educated person in ancient China

士大夫在古代中国拥有很高的社会地位。

shì​dà​fū zài gǔ​dài Zhōng​guó yōng​yǒu hěn gāo de shè​huì dì​wèi.

Scholar-officials had a high social status in ancient China.

soldier noun
a soldier or a noncommissioned officer in the military

他在部队服役多年，现在是一名中士。

tā zài bù​duì fú​yì duō nián, xiàn​zài shì yī míng zhōng​shì.

He has served in the army for many years and is now a sergeant.

士 Shì
Shi proper name
surname Shi

那位新来的体育老师姓士，这个姓氏比较少见。

nà wèi xīn lái de tǐ​yù lǎo​shī xìng Shì, zhè​gè xìng​shì bǐ​jiào shǎo​jiàn.

The new PE teacher's surname is Shi; it's quite a rare surname.

Frequency
Character
Written text
372nd most common 597.9 per million
Movie subtitles
247th most common 682.6 per million appears in 84% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
24.7 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
36.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+58EB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)