施
shīShī HSK4

grant, bestow

施 shī frequency
apply verb
to apply substances like fertilizer or to exert pressure or influence

他在那片菜地里施了些底肥。

tā zài nà piàn cài​dì lǐ shī le xiē dǐ féi.

He applied some base fertilizer to that vegetable patch.

bestow verb
to distribute or give out alms, charity, or favors to others

每逢灾年，富商都会在门前向饥民施粥。

měi féng zāi nián, fù​shāng dōu huì zài mén​qián xiàng jī​mín shī zhōu.

In disaster years, wealthy merchants would serve porridge to the hungry outside their doors.

execute verb
to put into effect or carry out regulations, laws, or measures

法官决定对这名罪犯施以严厉的惩戒。

fǎ​guān jué​dìng duì zhè míng zuì​fàn shī yǐ yán​lì de chéng​jiè.

The judge decided to impose severe punishment on the criminal.

施 Shī
Shi proper name
surname Shi

施先生是我们的新老师。

Shī xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lǎo​shī.

Mr. Shi is our new teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
553rd most common 381.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,212th most common 69.7 per million appears in 30% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
14.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
34.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+65BD

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