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昔

xī

HSK 6 Character

What 昔 means

1. former times
2. the past
3. Taiwan pr. xí

Other readings

昔 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Xīsurname Xi

Example sentences

• 请帮我做个奶昔。
  Qǐng bāng wǒ zuò gè nǎixī.
  Please make a milkshake for me.
• 你看起来健康如昔。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai jiànkāng rú xī.
  You look as healthy as ever.
• 这些照片总是让我想起昔日时光。
  Zhèxiē zhàopiàn zǒngshì ràng wǒ xiǎngqǐ xīrì shíguāng.
  These pictures always remind me of the old days.
• 获得诺贝尔奖后，她仍谦虚如昔。
  Huòdé Nuòbèi'ěr Jiǎng hòu, tā réng qiānxū rú xī.
  After winning the Nobel prize, she remained as modest as ever.

Words starting with 昔

• 昔日xī rìformer days; in the past
• 昔年xī niánformer years; previous years
• 昔阳县Xī yáng XiànXiyang, a county in Jinzhong City 晋中市
• 昔阳Xī yángsee 昔阳县

Words containing 昔

• 往昔wǎng xīthe past
• 今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
• 今昔jīn xīpast and present; yesterday and today
• 古昔gǔ xī(literary) ancient times; in olden days
• 奶昔nǎi xīmilkshake (Note: 昔
• 宿昔sù xīformerly; in the past
• 果昔guǒ xī(Taiwan) smoothie
• 今不如昔jīn bù rú xīthings are not as good as they used to be
• 修昔底德Xiū xī dǐ déThucydides (c. 455–c. 400 BC), Greek historian and author of History of the Peloponnesian…
• 美洛昔康měi luò xī kāngmeloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
• 阿昔洛韦ā xī luò wéiaciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
• 修昔底德陷阱Xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐngThucydides Trap…

Characters that look like 昔

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

• 音yīnsound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 贵guìexpensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 垂chuíto hang (down); droop; dangle
• 胥xūall; assist; to store

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
• 溪creek; rivulet