屎 Stroke Order — How to Write 屎

Stroke Order

屎 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 尸, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

屎 Radical and Character Components

Components:尸米

屎 is an ideographic compound. A person, crouched 尸 defecating 米; 米 also provides the pronunciation.

Radical: 尸 + 6 more strokes

屎 Pronunciation and Pinyin

shǐ

Meanings of 屎 in Chinese

shǐ屎

Feces; excrement; dung.

小狗在草地上拉了一堆屎。

The puppy left a pile of poop on the grass.

Secretions from organs such as eyes or ears, e.g., eye discharge, earwax.

我早上起来发现眼睛里有好多眼屎。

I woke up this morning and found a lot of eye discharge in my eyes.

Figuratively, used to describe something of extremely poor or inferior quality; terrible, garbage.

他昨天交的报告简直是屎，完全不及格。

The report he submitted yesterday was absolute garbage; it completely failed.

Common Words and Phrases with 屎

shǐ屎gǔn滚niào尿liú流

Wet one's pants in terror; extremely scared.

看到突然从草丛里蹿出来的大野猪，他吓得屎滚尿流，一溜烟地跑走了

Seeing the large wild boar suddenly burst out from the bushes, he was scared out of his wits and fled instantly.

shǐ屎pén盆zi子

Ill fame; a bad reputation or disgraceful deed

别想把这个屎盆子扣在我头上，我根本没参与这件事。

Don't try to pin this bad rap on me; I had no part in this matter.

shǐ屎ke壳làng郎

A dung beetle.

屎壳郎把粪球滚得又大又圆。

The dung beetle rolled the ball of dung big and round.

shǐ屎tǒng桶

Literally 'excrement bucket,' it is also a derogatory term for someone arrogant and isolated.

他总是摆出一副高高在上的姿态，结果在办公室里成了个屎桶，没人愿意和他多说一句话。

He always puts on a superior air, and as a result, he's become an isolated and scorned figure in the office; no one wants to say an extra word to him.