恃
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
shì shi4
- (bound form) to rely on
- (literary) one's mother
Words with 恃
- 自恃 zìshì self-esteem
- 可恃 kěshì reliable
- 失恃 shīshì to lose sb one relies upon
- 凭恃 píngshì to depend on
- 仗恃 zhàngshì to rely on; to depend on
- 怙恃 hùshì to rely on
- 有恃无恐 yǒushìwúkǒng secure in the knowledge that one has backing
- 恃才傲物 shìcáiàowù (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- 恃强欺弱 shìqiángqīruò to use one's strength to mistreat people (idiom)