(bound form) to sacrifice one's life for a just or noble cause; also refers to a person who has made such a sacrifice, such as a martyr

(bound form) a person of a certain type, such as a professional or someone with a specific quality; also used as a polite title for a person, such as in 女士 nǚ​shì

(bound form) staunch; upright; stern; having a firm or unyielding character

(bound form) scholar; intellectual; member of the educated class in ancient China, as in the phrase 士农工商 shì​nóng​gōng​shāng