How do you write shi in Chinese?

It depends which shi you mean. ten; complete; cross is 十 (shí), time, hour, season is 时 (shí), real, solid, true, actual is 实 (shí). Pick the character by the tone and the meaning you intend.

shi appears in 2 different tones depending on the character, which is why the tone mark matters: shí (十), shí (时), shí (实), shì (事).

Pinyin · 拼音 pīnyīn

shi

Q: What Chinese characters are pronounced shi?

6 characters on this site are read shi: 十 (shí, ten; complete; cross); 时 (shí, time, hour, season); 实 (shí, real, solid, true, actual); 事 (shì, matter, affair, thing-that-happens); 是 (shì, to be); 世 (shì, world, age, generation, lifetime). The tone mark and meaning tell them apart.

Every character on Jiǎoluò Shūwū read as shi in any tone — 6 readings total across the four tones. Pick the tone you mean.

一 shī 1st · high level no entries yet

二 shí 2nd · rising 3 readings

三 shǐ 3rd · low / dipping no entries yet

四 shì 4th · falling 3 readings

If you have the sound shi but not the character, here are the 6 characters read this way: 十 (shí, ten; complete; cross), 时 (shí, time, hour, season), 实 (shí, real, solid, true, actual), 事 (shì, matter, affair, thing-that-happens), 是 (shì, to be). They split across 2 tones, so the tone is what separates them.

shí tone 2 · rising 3 readings

real, solid, true, actual

shì tone 4 · falling 3 readings

事 shì HSK 1

matter, affair, thing-that-happens

是 shì HSK 1

to be