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夕

xī

HSK 5 Character

What 夕 means

1. bound formsunset; dusk
2. bound formevening; night
3. Taiwan pr. xì

Example sentences

• 夕阳西下。
  Xīyángxīxià.
  The sun is going down.
• 七夕节快乐！
  Happy Qixi Festival!
• 我们看着夕阳西下。
  Wǒmen kàn zhe xīyángxīxià.
  We are watching the sun set.
• 美丽的夕阳，不是吗？
  Měilì de xīyáng, bùshìma?
  A beautiful sunset, isn't it?
• 考试前夕，他特别焦虑。
  Kǎoshì qiánxī, tā tèbié jiāolǜ.
  He worries excessively on the eve of exams.
• 你看过这么美的夕阳吗?
  Nǐ kàn guo zhème Měidí xīyáng ma?
  Have you ever seen such a beautiful sunset?

Words starting with 夕

• 夕阳xī yángsunset; the setting sun
• 夕阳西下xī yáng xī xiàthe sun sets in the west (idiom)
• 夕照xī zhàoglow of the setting sun
• 夕发朝至xī fā zhāo zhìto depart in the evening and arrive the next morning; overnight (train)
• 夕阳产业xī yáng chǎn yèsunset industry; declining industry

Words containing 夕

• 除夕Chú xīlunar New Year's Eve
• 前夕qián xīeve; the day before
• 朝夕相处zhāo xī xiāng chǔto spend all one's time together (idiom)
• 朝夕zhāo xīmorning and night; all the time
• 七夕Qī xīdouble seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival…
• 一朝一夕yī zhāo yī xīlit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time; overnight
• 危在旦夕wēi zài dàn xīin imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
• 月夕yuè xīMid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
• 小除夕xiǎo chú xīthe day before New Year's Eve
• 只争朝夕zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
• 命在旦夕mìng zài dàn xīto be at death's door (idiom)
• 新年前夕xīn nián qián xīNew Year's eve
• 朝不保夕zhāo bù bǎo xīat dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis…
• 朝不虑夕zhāo bù lǜ xīat dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis…
• 朝令夕改zhāo lìng xī gǎito make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
• 朝闻夕改zhāo wén xī gǎilit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening…
• 朝过夕改zhāo guò xī gǎito correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom); to quickly amend one's ways
• 圣诞前夕Shèng dàn qián xīChristmas eve
• 花朝月夕huā zhāo yuè xīa beautiful day; cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn…
• 宾夕法尼亚Bīn xī fǎ ní yàPennsylvania
• 宾夕法尼亚州Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōuPennsylvania
• 朝乾夕惕zhāo qián xī tìcautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
• 朝饔夕飧zhāo yōng xī sūn(lit.) breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)…
• 一夕yī xīovernight; instantly; very quickly

Characters that look like 夕

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

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack

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
• 晰clear; distinct
• 稀sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 牺sacrifice
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 溪creek; rivulet