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希

xī

HSK 2 Character

What 希 means

1. to hope
2. to admire
3. variant of {稀|xī}

Example sentences

• 希瑟相信我。
  Xīsè xiāngxìn wǒ.
  Heather believes me.
• 我希望如此。
  I hope so.
• 你没有希望。
  You are hopeless.
• 我希望你去。
  I'd like for you to go.
• 他讨厌南希。
  He hates Nancy.
• 他生在希腊。
  He was born in Greece.

Words starting with 希

• 希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish
• 希腊Xī làGreece
• 希特勒Xī tè lèAdolf Hitler (1889-1945)
• 希拉克Xī lā kèJacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007
• 希冀xī jì(literary) to hope
• 希伯来Xī bó láiHebrew
• 希腊文Xī là wénGreek literature
• 希腊语Xī là yǔGreek language
• 希尔顿Xī ěr dùnHilton (hotel chain)
• 希西家Xī xī jiāHezekiah or Ezekias (740-687 BC), twelfth king of Judah (Judaism)
• 希神Xī shénGreek mythology; abbr. for 希腊神话
• 希格斯机制Xī gé sī jī zhì(physics) the Higgs mechanism
• 希尔内科斯Xī ěr nèi kē sīKirkenes (city in Finnmark, Norway)
• 希伯来人Xī bó lái réna Hebrew
• 希伯来文Xī bó lái wénHebrew (language)
• 希伯来书Xī bó lái shūEpistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
• 希伯来语Xī bó lái yǔHebrew (language)
• 希尔伯特Xī ěr bó tèDavid Hilbert (1862–1943), German mathematician
• 希伯来大学Xī bó lái Dà xuéthe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 希律王Xī lǜ wángHerod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
• 希望落空xī wàng luò kōnghopes are dashed
• 希罗底Xī luó dǐHerodium (town in biblical Judea)
• 希波克拉底Xī bō kè lā dǐHippocrates (c. 460 BC - c. 370 BC), Greek physician, father of Western medicine
• 希沃特xī wò tèsievert (Sv), unit of radiation damage used in radiotherapy

Words containing 希

• 有希望yǒu xī wànghopeful; promising; prospective
• 古希腊gǔ Xī làancient Greece
• 普希金Pǔ xī jīnAlexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great Russian romantic poet
• 陈冠希Chén Guān xīEdison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
• 陈希同Chén Xī tóngChen Xitong (1930–2013), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th June 1989 Tiananmen incident
• 南希Nán xīNancy
• 布希Bù xīTaiwan equivalent of 布什
• 几希jī xīnot much; very little (e.g. difference)
• 大有希望dà yǒu xī wàngto stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
• 布希威克Bù xī wēi kèBushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, in New York City
• 尼希米记Ní xī mǐ JìBook of Nehemiah
• 斯瓦希里Sī wǎ xī lǐSwahili
• 斯瓦希里语Sī wǎ xī lǐ yǔSwahili (language); Kiswahili
• 哈希hā xīhash (computing); see also 散列
• 塔希提Tǎ xī tíTahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia
• 阿希姆Ā xī mǔAskim (city in Østfold, Norway)
• 路德维希港Lù dé wéi xī gǎngLudwigshafen am Rhein, German city on the Rhine opposite Mannheim
• 乔希Qiáo xīJosh or Joshi (name)
• 古希腊语Gǔ Xī là yǔAncient Greek (language)
• 李希霍芬Lǐ xī huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 里希特霍芬Lǐ xī tè huò fēnFerdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major…
• 王希孟Wáng Xī mèngWang Ximeng (c. 1096-c. 1119), Song artist, probably teenage prodigy who died young…
• 布希鞋Bù xī xiéCrocs (sandals) (Tw)
• 娘希匹niáng xī pǐ(dialect) fuck!

Characters that look like 希

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

• 奇qístrange; odd; weird
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
• 肴yáomeat dishes; mixed viands
• 帚zhǒubroom
• 孛bèicomet

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 西west
• 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
• 溪creek; rivulet