HSK 6 · Family

绅士 shēnshì “gentleman” in Chinese

Traditional 紳士

What 绅士 means

  1. gentleman

How to say 绅士

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale绅shēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale士shì4th tone, falling

绅士 in a sentence

  1. 他看上去是个十足的绅士。

    Tā kàn shàngqu shì ge shízú de shēnshì.

    He looks every inch a gentleman.

    Sentence #334980 from Tatoeba

  2. 一个真正的绅士不会出卖他的朋友。

    Yí ge zhēnzhèng de shēnshì bú huì chūmài tā de péngyou.

    A true gentleman never betrays his friends.

    Sentence #333581 from Tatoeba

  3. 他肯定不是什么绅士。

    Tā kěndìng bú shì shénme shēnshì.

    He’s certainly no gentleman.

    Sentence #6074204 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 绅士 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 绅 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
绅shēnmember of gentry
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shēn.

The character 士 (shì) drawn as one shape
士shìmember of the senior ministerial class

士 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 绅士

绅 8 strokes · 士 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

绅士 (shēnshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 绅士 (shēnshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 绅士

Words with 士

博士bóshì · doctorate硕士shuòshì · master’s degree护士hùshi · nurse女士nǚshì · lady士兵shìbīng · soldier人士rénshì · public figure

More words: People, Body & Health

乞丐qǐgài · beggar人士rénshì · public figure嫂子sǎozi · sister-in-law (elder brother’s wife)生育shēngyù · to give birth双胞胎shuāngbāotāi · twins泰斗tàidǒu · leading authority天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness同胞tóngbāo · compatriot

FAQs

绅士 (shēnshì) means “gentleman”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēnshì: shēn with a 1st tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 绅士 is written 紳士. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shenshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 绅士 from the suggestions. Typing shenshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
绅士 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.