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犀

xī

Character

What 犀 means

1. rhinoceros
2. sharp

Example sentences

• 我们心有灵犀。
  Wǒmen xīn yǒu língxī.
  Our hearts are linked.
• 他和我简直心有灵犀，才刚说一句，另一方已经回应。
  Tā hé wǒ jiǎnzhí xīn yǒu língxī, cái gāng shuō yījù, lìngyī fāng yǐjīng huíyìng.
  He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.

Words starting with 犀

• 犀利xī lìsharp; incisive; penetrating
• 犀牛xī niúrhinoceros
• 犀鸟xī niǎohornbill

Words containing 犀

• 灵犀líng xīrhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity…
• 木犀mù xiosmanthus
• 木犀肉mù xi ròupork and scrambled eggs
• 双角犀shuāng jiǎo xītwo-horned rhinoceros; Dicerorhinini
• 冠斑犀鸟guān bān xī niǎo(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
• 棕颈犀鸟zōng jǐng xī niǎo(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
• 白喉犀鸟bái hóu xī niǎo(bird species of China) Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
• 双角犀鸟shuāng jiǎo xī niǎo(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
• 灵犀相通líng xī xiāng tōngkindred spirits
• 花冠皱盔犀鸟huā guān zhòu kuī xī niǎo(bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
• 灵犀一点通líng xī yī diǎn tōngmental rapport; likeness of mind; spiritual link
• 心有灵犀一点通xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōnghearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion…

Characters that look like 犀

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

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 萃cuìcollect; collection; dense
• 覃tándeep

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