| 侍 | 1232B25 91A.00-1 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄕˋ [shi4] | ||
| N. | Attendant: 侍從，侍者，侍衛, etc. [shi4zong4], [shi4zhe3], [shi4wei4], etc.↓; 侍婢，侍女，侍兒 [shi4bei4], [shi4nU3], [shi4e2], etc.↓; 內侍，常侍 palace attendant, official-in-waiting, (since Tarng Dyn.) eunuch. | |||||
| V.t. | To attend upon, to wait upon: 侍側，隨侍 to wait upon; 服侍 to serve, look after (master, the aged, the sick); 侍奉 [shi4feng4]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 侍婢 [shi4bei4], n., formerly, personal attendant maid or maid-slave. 2. 侍讀 [shi4du2], n., royal tutor, a rank varying in duties from one dynasty to another, including editorship. 3. 侍兒 [shi4e2], n., personal maidservant. 4. 侍奉 [shi4feng4], v.i. & t., to attend upon (parents, ruler, etc.). 5. 侍者 [shi4zhe3], n., an attendant, a waiter. 6. 侍講 [shi4jiang3], n., imperial tutor, scholar-in-waiting, a Hanlin academician, varying from one dynasty to another. 7. 侍郎 [shi4lang2], n., formerly, official rank, with different status, including (Tarng) a minister of imperial secretariat; oft. equiv. vice-minister. 8. 侍女 [shi4nU3], n., personal maid. 9. 侍從 [shi4zong4], n., royal retinue. 10. 侍衛 [shi4wei4], n., retinue of bodyguards. 11. 侍御 [shi4yU4], n., royal attendants in gen. | |||||