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嬉

xī

Character

What 嬉 means

1. literaryto amuse oneself; to play; to have fun

Example sentences

• 关爱生命，请勿嬉水。
  Guān'ài shēngmìng, qǐng wù xī shuǐ.
  Preserve life; please don't waste water.
• 别让孩子们在马路中间嬉戏。
  Bié ràng háizimen zài mǎlù zhōngjiān xīxì.
  Don't let children play in the road.

Words starting with 嬉

• 嬉戏xī xìto frolic; to romp
• 嬉笑xī xiàoto be laughing and playing; to giggle
• 嬉皮笑脸xī pí xiào liǎnall smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly
• 嬉皮xī píhippie (loanword) (Tw)
• 嬉耍xī shuǎto play
• 嬉游xī yóuto amuse oneself; to have fun
• 嬉皮士xī pí shìhippie (loanword)
• 嬉笑怒骂xī xiào nù màlit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom); fig. all kinds of emotions…

Words containing 嬉

• 业荒于嬉yè huāng yú xīto be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)

Characters built on 喜

These share the phonetic component 喜 (xǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 禧xǐjoy
• 嘻xīlaugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
• 熹xībright; warm
• 僖xīcautious; merry; joyful

Characters that look like 嬉

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

• 憾hànregret (sense of loss or dissatisfaction)
• 嫣yān(literary) lovely; sweet
• 禧xǐjoy
• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 慵yōnglethargic
• 嫡dí(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶

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