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牺

xī

HSK 6 Character Traditional 犧

What 牺 means

1. sacrifice

Example sentences

• 他牺牲生命，出卖组织。
  He sacrificed his life and betrayed the organization.
• 士兵们已经准备好为国牺牲了。
  The soldiers were ready to die for their country.
• 他白白牺牲生命，忘了出卖组织。
  Tā báibái xīshēng shēngmìng, wàng le chūmài zǔzhī.
  He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.
• 约翰牺牲自己的健康，完成工作。
  John finished the work at the expense of his health.
• 他宁可牺牲生命，也不出卖组织。
  He would rather lose his life than betray his organization.
• 他与其牺牲生命，不如出卖组织。
  He would rather betray his organization than lose his life.

Words starting with 牺

• 牺牲xī shēngto sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
• 牺牲品xī shēng pǐnsacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss
• 牺牲打xī shēng dǎsacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
• 牺牲者xī shēng zhěsb who sacrifices himself; sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable

Words containing 牺

• 英勇牺牲yīng yǒng xī shēngto heroically sacrifice one's life
• 庖牺氏Páo xī shìanother name for 伏羲
• 伏牺Fú xīvariant of 伏羲

Characters built on 西

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

• 栖qīto perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 硒xīselenium (chemistry)
• 恓xītroubled; vexed

Characters that look like 牺

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

• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 钮niǔbutton
• 骊líblack horse; jet steed; good horse
• 铋bìbismuth (chemistry)
• 翎língtail feathers; plume
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)

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
• 昔former times; the past; Taiwan pr. xí
• 溪creek; rivulet