| Term | Definition |
| 师 | shi1 a division (milit.)/teacher/master/expert/model |
| 失 | shi1 to lose/to miss/to fail |
| 时 | shi2 o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period |
| 实 | shi2 real/true/honest/really/solid |
| 十 | shi2 ten/10 |
| 食 | shi2/si4 animal feed/eat/food, to feed |
| 识 | shi2/zhi4 to know/knowledge, to record/write a footnote |
| 使 | shi3 to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/messenger |
| 始 | shi3 begin |
| 史 | shi3 history |
| 势 | shi4 conditions/influence/tendency |
| 试 | shi4 to test/to try/experiment/examination/test |
| 适 | shi4 to fit/to suit |
| 室 | shi4 room |
| 释 | shi4 explain/to release |
| 是 | shi4 is/are/am/yes/to be |
| 事 | shi4 matter/thing/item/work/affair |
| 世 | shi4 life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime |
| 市 | shi4 market/city |
| 式 | shi4 type/form/pattern/style |
| 士 | shi4 scholar/warrior/knight |
| 示 | shi4 to show/reveal |
| 视 | shi4 to look at/to regard/to inspect |