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稀

xī

HSK 6 Character

What 稀 means

1. sparse; scattered
2. rare; uncommon
3. diluted; thin; watery
4. bound formsth liquid or of thin consistency (as in {绿豆稀|lu : 4 dòu xī} "sweet mung bean soup")
5. bound formtotally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in {稀糟|xī zāo} "utterly ruined")

Example sentences

• 那很稀少。
  Nà hěn xīshǎo.
  That's very rare.
• 树木很稀少。
  Shùmù hěn xīshǎo.
  The trees were very scarce.
• 山顶上空气稀薄。
  The air is thin at the summit.
• 我依稀记得见过他。
  I vaguely remember meeting him.
• 该国严禁进口稀有野生动物。
  Gāi guó yánjìn jìnkǒu xīyǒu yěshēngdòngwù.
  The importation of rare wild animals to this country is strictly prohibited.
• 我们登得愈高，空气就愈稀薄。
  Wǒmen dēng de yù gāo, kōngqì jiù yù xībó.
  The higher we go up, the thinner the air becomes.

Words starting with 稀

• 稀饭xī fànporridge; gruel; congee
• 稀少xī shǎosparse; rare
• 稀罕xī hanrare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish
• 稀奇xī qírare; strange
• 稀疏xī shūsparse; infrequent; thinly spread
• 稀里糊涂xī li hú tumuddleheaded; careless
• 稀有xī yǒuuncommon; rare
• 稀奇古怪xī qí gǔ guài(idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange
• 稀释xī shìto dilute
• 稀缺xī quēscarce; scarcity
• 稀薄xī bóthin; rarefied
• 稀稀拉拉xī xī lā lāsparse and fragmentary
• 稀土xī tǔrare earth (chemistry)
• 稀里哗啦xī li huā lā(onomatopoeia) chaotic or dynamic noises…
• 稀烂xī lànthoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
• 稀粥xī zhōuwater gruel; thin porridge
• 稀世xī shìrare
• 稀松xī sōngpoor; sloppy; unconcerned
• 稀客xī kèinfrequent visitor
• 稀巴烂xī bā lànsmashed up; broken into pieces
• 稀土元素xī tǔ yuán sùrare earth element (chemistry)
• 稀土金属xī tǔ jīn shǔrare earth element
• 稀有元素xī yǒu yuán sù(chemistry) rare element
• 稀有气体xī yǒu qì tǐrare gas; noble gas (chemistry)

Words containing 稀

• 珍稀zhēn xīrare; precious and uncommon
• 依稀yī xīvaguely; dimly; probably
• 古稀gǔ xīseventy years old
• 拉稀lā xī(colloquial) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower
• 渐稀jiàn xīto thin out gradually; to become fainter and fainter
• 糖稀táng xīmaltose syrup
• 和稀泥huò xī níto try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over
• 人烟稀少rén yān xī shǎono sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
• 地广人稀dì guǎng rén xīvast, but sparsely populated
• 物以稀为贵wù yǐ xī wéi guìthe rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
• 年逾古稀nián yú gǔ xīover seventy years old
• 窜稀cuàn xī(colloquial) to have diarrhea
• 蹿稀cuān xī(colloquial) to have diarrhea
• 抹稀泥mǒ xī nísee 和稀泥

Characters built on 希

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

• 烯xīalkene
• 唏xīsound of sobbing
• 郗Chīsurname Chi; name of an ancient city
• 浠Xīname of a river in Hubei
• 欷xīto sob

Characters that look like 稀

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 弹dàncrossball; bullet; shot
• 棒bàngstick; club; cudgel
• 棉miángeneric term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
• 稚zhìinfantile; young
• 稗bàibarnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli); Panicum crus-galli; (literary) insignificant

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