絲

sī

silk; fine thread; wire; strings

How to write 絲, stroke by stroke

silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

Ideographic: Finely-layered 糹silk 糸; 糹 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 糹 + 糸

粉絲fěn sībean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
絲毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
絲綢sī chóusilk (cloth)
螺絲luó sīscrew
鐵絲網tiě sī wǎngwire netting
絲襪sī wàstockings; pantyhose
絲帶sī dàiribbon
保險絲bǎo xiǎn sīfuse wire; (electrical) fuse
金絲雀jīn sī quècanary
鋼絲gāng sīsteel wire; tightrope
螺絲刀luó sī dāoscrewdriver
走鋼絲zǒu gāng sī(lit. and fig.) to walk a tightrope

我沒有絲毫的想法。
wǒ méi yǒu sī háo de xiǎng fǎ 。
I don't have the slightest idea.
她把生菜切絲。
tā bǎ shēng cài qiè sī 。
She shredded the lettuce.
我想把這些土豆切成絲。
wǒ xiǎng bǎ zhè xiē tǔ dòu qiè chéng sī 。
I want to slice these potatoes into strips.
微風在湖面上掀起了一絲絲漣漪。
wēi fēng zài hú miàn shàng xiān qǐ le yì sī sī lián yī 。
A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.
他通常不會和粉絲互動。
tā tōng cháng bú huì hé fěn sī hù dòng 。
He doesn't usually get involved with his fan.