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兮

xī

Character

What 兮 means

1. (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

Example sentences

• 以兖衣为褋兮，以黎邱为墟。
  I use Yan garments as my plain robe, and turn Liqiu into ruins.

Words starting with 兮

• 兮兮xī xī(particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神经兮兮, 脏兮兮, 可怜兮兮, and 惨兮兮)

Words containing 兮

• 脏兮兮zāng xī xīdirty; filthy
• 可怜兮兮kě lián xī xīmiserable; wretched

Characters that look like 兮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit; to be deficient; to treat unfairly

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 希to hope; to admire; variant of 稀
• 吸to breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 悉in all cases; know
• 惜to cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 析to separate; to divide; to analyze
• 夕(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí