伺
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to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy
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Dict coverage rank #3,243 U+4F3A
How 伺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 司 (phonetic, sī)
How to remember it
attend to · Heisig RSH #2818
人 person + 司 take charge of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 司
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 司 (sī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 司 sound component | sī | to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer |
| 词 | cí | phrase, expression; words, speech |
| 饲 | sì | to raise animals; to nourish, to feed |
| 嗣 | sì | to connect; to inherit; descendants, heirs |
| 祠 | cí | ancestral temple; to sacrifice |
| 笥 | sì | hamper, wicker basket |
Words containing 伺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伺服电机 | sì fú diàn jī | servomotor |
| 伺服器 | sì fú qì | server (computer) (Tw) |
| 难伺候 | nán cì hou | (coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance |
| 伺机 | sì jī | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance |
| 伺候 | cì hou | to serve; to wait upon |
| 观衅伺隙 | guān xìn sì xì | lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak… |
| 窥伺 | kuī sì | to spy upon; to lie in wait for (an opportunity) |
| 伺隙 | sì xì | to wait for the opportunity |