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兮兮

xī xī

2-character word

What 兮兮 means

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

The characters in 兮兮

• 兮xī(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
• 兮xī(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

Words containing 兮兮

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

Sounds the same

Read xī xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘻嘻hee hee; happy
• 西西cubic centimeter (cc) (loanword)
• 栖栖(literary) restless; unsettled
• 肸肸(literary; onomatopoeia) sound of laughter

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xī xī correctly.
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