Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

hasten; proceed to; sail a vessel

Chinese: 驾驶、行驶。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 驶 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 驾驶jià shǐto drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot
  • 行驶xíng shǐto travel along a route (of vehicles etc)
  • 驶出shǐ chūto leave port; to put off
  • 驶向shǐ xiàng(of a train, boat, plane etc) to head in the direction of
  • 驶入shǐ rù(of a car, ship, train etc) to enter

Example Sentence

一辆汽车从我身边飞快地驶过。Yí liàng qì chē cóng wǒ shēn biān fēi kuài de shǐ guò.A car sped past me.

oneliàngclassifier for vehicles汽车qì chēcarcóngfromI身边shēn biānat one's side飞快fēi kuàivery fastde(adverb marker)shǐ(of a vehicle) to runguòto cross