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室 - shì

room, home, house, chamber

room, home, house, chamber

How to read 室

Click 室 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshì
Englishroom, home, house, chamber
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

室内 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 室友. Please read 室外 one more time.

Common words with this character

indoor
roommate
outdoor
unmarried lady; virgin; Virgo

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 室 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 室内 and 室友 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 室.