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<p>Please see the pictures，the characters in the red box are common used.
The link is <a href="https://zidian.911cha.com/pinyin_shi.html" rel="noreferrer">https://zidian.911cha.com/pinyin_shi.html</a>
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2018-05-22T15:51:20.113Z
388 altogether there.
Mou某
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2018-05-22T02:51:34.340Z
2018-05-22T02:51:34.340Z
刘杰徐
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<p>Search: &quot;shi&quot; in pinyin  (Mandarin) mode</p>
<p>61 Results:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>(shi1) 濕, 師, 失, 屍, 施....</p>
<p>(shi2) 十, 石, 食, 識, 時....</p>
<p>(shi3) 駛, 始, 屎, 使, 史....</p>
<p>(shi4) 市, 式, 是, 事, 勢....</p>
</blockquote>

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2018-05-22T00:24:51.327Z
2018-05-22T00:24:51.327Z
2020-06-17T09:50:11.587Z
Tang Ho
<p>I often do this. </p>

<p>I use ibus pinyin input method to write Chinese. I set it to display 10 candidates each time. Just enter shi, then press tab until you run out of choices.</p>

<p>For shi I count 237 （23 x 10 + 7 in the last box). There are probably more, but these will be the most common ones.</p>

<p>For someone like me, who has problems with tones, this represents an enormous problem!!</p>

<p>Try this:</p>

<p>季姬寂，集鸡，鸡即棘鸡。棘鸡饥叽，季姬及箕稷济鸡。鸡既济，跻姬笈，季姬忌，急咭鸡，鸡急，继圾几，季姬急，即籍箕击鸡，箕疾击几 伎，伎即齑，鸡叽集几基，季姬急极屐击鸡，鸡既殛，季姬激，即记《季姬击鸡记》。</p>

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2018-05-22T23:26:33.530Z
2018-05-22T23:26:33.530Z
Pedroski
<p>I'm curious as to how many Chinese characters correspond to the <em>pinyin</em> "shi", such as 是 时 十 事 史 and so on. Is there an exact number of how many words (besides really archaic ones nobody uses) use this pronunciation?</p>

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2018-05-22T00:18:03.527Z
Dictionaries might help you with this.
dan
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2018-05-22T00:40:30.017Z
Actually there is a famous article consisting of only "shi" characters called 《施氏食狮史》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den
Jason Swift
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2018-05-25T07:53:06.830Z
@Jason Thanks for the info. I found [this audio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExjnn_3ep4) of someone reading the Lion-Eating Poet in Mandarin on Youtube. Try not to hurt yourself laughing.
Bobble
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How many homophones for "shi" are there in Chinese - with or without considering tones?
# How many homophones for "shi" are there in Chinese - with or without considering tones?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-22)

I'm curious as to how many Chinese characters correspond to the *pinyin* "shi", such as 是 时 十 事 史 and so on. Is there an exact number of how many words (besides really archaic ones nobody uses) use this pronunciation?

**Tags:** pronunciation, word
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Dictionaries might help you with this.  
> **username_2**: Actually there is a famous article consisting of only "shi" characters called 《施氏食狮史》。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den  
> **username_3**: @Jason Thanks for the info. I found [this audio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vExjnn_3ep4) of someone reading the Lion-Eating Poet in Mandarin on Youtube. Try not to hurt yourself laughing.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2018-05-22. Score: 6

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rXn5X.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rXn5X.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/IFxvG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/IFxvG.png)

Please see the pictures，the characters in the red box are common used.
The link is <https://zidian.911cha.com/pinyin_shi.html>
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QDjrk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/QDjrk.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/1DxB0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/1DxB0.png)

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: 388 altogether there.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2018-05-22. Score: 1

<http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/scripts/wordsearch.php?level=0>

Search: "shi" in pinyin (Mandarin) mode

61 Results:

> (shi1) 濕, 師, 失, 屍, 施....
>
> (shi2) 十, 石, 食, 識, 時....
>
> (shi3) 駛, 始, 屎, 使, 史....
>
> (shi4) 市, 式, 是, 事, 勢....


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### Answer by username_7 on 2018-05-22. Score: 1

I often do this.

I use ibus pinyin input method to write Chinese. I set it to display 10 candidates each time. Just enter shi, then press tab until you run out of choices.

For shi I count 237 （23 x 10 + 7 in the last box). There are probably more, but these will be the most common ones.

For someone like me, who has problems with tones, this represents an enormous problem!!

Try this:

季姬寂，集鸡，鸡即棘鸡。棘鸡饥叽，季姬及箕稷济鸡。鸡既济，跻姬笈，季姬忌，急咭鸡，鸡急，继圾几，季姬急，即籍箕击鸡，箕疾击几 伎，伎即齑，鸡叽集几基，季姬急极屐击鸡，鸡既殛，季姬激，即记《季姬击鸡记》。


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