绅士

shēnshì

In Mandarin Chinese, 绅士 (shēnshì) means “gentleman”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Stroke order

他举止礼貌，像一位绅士。
Tā jǔzhǐ lǐmào, xiàng yí wèi shēnshì.
He behaves politely, just like a gentleman.

绅

shēn

member of gentry

士

shì

member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)

Words with 士