| 伺 | |||
| serve, wait upon, attend; examine | |||
| Radical | 人亻𠆢 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | sì cì | Cantonese reading | zi6 |
| Japanese on reading | shi | Japanese kun reading | ukagau ukagai |
| Korean reading | sa | Vietnamese reading | |
| 伺 | |||
| serve, wait upon, attend; examine | |||
| Radical | 人亻𠆢 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | sì cì | Cantonese reading | zi6 |
| Japanese on reading | shi | Japanese kun reading | ukagau ukagai |
| Korean reading | sa | Vietnamese reading | |
| 伺机 | [ sì jī ] to wait for an opportunity, to watch for one's chance |
| ⇒ 窥伺 | [ kuī sì ] to spy upon, to lie in wait for (an opportunity) |
| ⇒ 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 points, to look for the Achilles' heel |
| ⇒ 难伺候 | [ nán cì hou ] (coll.) hard to please, high-maintenance |