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膝

xī

HSK 6 Character

What 膝 means

1. knee

Other readings

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

• xīold variant of {膝|xī}

Example sentences

• 我的膝盖疼。
  My knee aches.
• 我们促膝谈心。
  Wǒmen cùxītánxīn.
  We had a heart-to-heart talk with each other.
• 积雪深及膝盖。
  The snow was knee deep.
• 我在膝盖上跟婴儿玩。
  Wǒ zài xīgài shàng gēn yīng'ér wán.
  I played with the baby on my knee.
• 玛丽处理了膝盖的伤口。
  Mǎlì chǔlǐ le xīgài de shāngkǒu.
  Mary treated her wounded knee.
• 他从腰部到膝盖都湿了。
  Tā cóng yāobù dào xīgài dōu shī le.
  He got wet from the waist to the knees.

Words starting with 膝

• 膝盖xī gàiknee; (net slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
• 膝下xī xiàat the knee (in reference to children)…
• 膝上型xī shàng xínglaptop (computer)
• 膝上舞xī shàng wǔlap dance
• 膝盖骨xī gài gǔkneecap
• 膝上型电脑xī shàng xíng diàn nǎolaptop (computer)
• 膝袒xī tǎnto walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)

Words containing 膝

• 双膝shuāng xīboth knees
• 促膝cù xīto sit knee to knee
• 牛膝niú xīAchyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
• 盘膝pán xīcross-legged
• 绕膝rào xī(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
• 护膝hù xīkneepad; knee brace
• 齐膝qí xīlevel with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc)
• 屈膝礼qū xī lǐcurtsy
• 牛膝草niú xī cǎohyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
• 促膝谈心cù xī tán xīn(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
• 绕膝承欢rào xī chéng huānto live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
• 卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
• 奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xīservile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
• 磕膝盖kē xī gài(dialect) knee
• 男人膝下有黄金nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīnlit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of…

Characters built on 月

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

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 肌jī(bound form) flesh; muscle
• 臂bìarm
• 脊jǐ(bound form) spine; backbone; (bound form) ridge
• 肢zhīlimb
• 胰yípancreas
• 脾píspleen

Characters that look like 膝

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

• 膨péngswollen
• 煽shānto fan into a flame; to incite
• 膳shànmeals
• 滕Téngvassal state of Zhou in Shandong; surname Teng
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 膑bìnvariant of 髌

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