shì

decoration

ornament; to decorate; to adorn; to hide; to conceal (a fault); excuse (to hide a fault); to play a role (in opera); to impersonate

food radical (饣) + cloth (巾) = decoration and adornment

巾 (cloth) is the meaning-bearer here: a cloth draped, wrapped, or tied becomes an adornment. 饣 contributes the approximate sound shì rather than a visual idea.

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ClothSemantic
Variant of 食Phonetic

她在脖子上戴了一件漂亮的品。

tā zài bó zi shàng dài le yī jiàn piào liang de shì pǐn。

She wore a beautiful ornament around her neck.

他在这部电影里演一个老人的角色。

tā zài zhè bù diàn yǐng lǐ shì yǎn yī gè lǎo rén de jué sè。

He plays the role of an old man in this film.

Words with 饰

配饰

pèi shì

ornament (jewelry, accoutrements etc)

金饰

jīn shì

gold ornaments

隐饰

yǐn shì

a cover-up

雕饰

diāo shì

to carve

头饰

tóu shì

head ornament

饰品

shì pǐn

ornament

饰巾

shì jīn

kerchief as head ornament

饰带

shì dài

sash

饰演

shì yǎn

to act

饰物

shì wù

decorations

饰胸鹬

shì xiōng yù

(bird species of China) buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)

饰词

shì cí

excuse

More characters with 饣