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西

xī

HSK 3 Character

What 西 means

1. west

Other readings

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

• Xīthe West; abbr. for Spain {西班牙|Xī bān yá}; Spanish

Example sentences

• 夕阳西下。
  Xīyángxīxià.
  The sun is going down.
• 西线无战事
  "All Quiet on the Western Front"
• 她偷东西。
  She steals.
• 混帐东西！
  You're a bastard!
• 给我东西吃。
  Bring me something to eat.
• 喝点东西吗？
  Want a drink?

Words starting with 西

• 西瓜xī guāwatermelon
• 西红柿xī hóng shìtomato
• 西方Xī fāngthe West; the Occident; Western countries
• 西班牙Xī bān yáSpain
• 西部xī bùwestern part
• 西北xī běinorthwest
• 西装xī zhuāngsuit; Western-style clothes
• 西南xī nánsouthwest
• 西边xī biānwest; west side; western part
• 西门Xī méntwo-character surname Ximen
• 西湖Xī HúWest Lake in Hangzhou 杭州
• 西洋Xī yángthe West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
• 西方人Xī fāng rénWesterner; Occidental
• 西服xī fúsuit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)
• 西班牙语Xī bān yá yǔSpanish language
• 西餐xī cānWestern-style food
• 西西xī xīcubic centimeter (cc) (loanword)
• 西城区Xī chéng QūXicheng, a district of central Beijing
• 西单Xī dānXidan neighborhood of central Beijing
• 西侧xī cèwest side; west face
• 西欧Xī ōuWestern Europe
• 西域Xī yùWestern Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉门关
• 西门子Xī mén zǐSiemens (company name)
• 西游记Xī yóu jì"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吴承恩

Words containing 西

• 东西dōng xithing; stuff; person
• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngto look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
• 巴西Bā xīBrazil
• 马来西亚Mǎ lái xī yàMalaysia
• 新西兰Xīn xī lánNew Zealand
• 墨西哥Mò xī gēMexico
• 法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)
• 中西Zhōng XīChina and the West; Chinese-Western
• 大西洋Dà xī yángAtlantic Ocean
• 法兰西Fǎ lán xīFrance
• 陕西省Shǎn xī ShěngShaanxi Province, capital Xi'an 西安市
• 山西省Shān xī ShěngShanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市
• 以西yǐ xīto the west of (suffix)
• 东西方dōng xī fāngeast and west; east to west
• 河西Hé xīland west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces
• 切尔西Qiè ěr xī(name) Chelsea
• 纳西Nà xīNakhi ethnic group
• 印度尼西亚Yìn dù ní xī yàIndonesia
• 江西省Jiāng xī ShěngJiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市
• 摩西Mó xīMoses
• 中西部zhōng xī bùmidwest
• 东倒西歪dōng dǎo xī wāito lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway…
• 夕阳西下xī yáng xī xiàthe sun sets in the west (idiom)
• 东西南北dōng xī nán běieast west south north

Characters that look like 西

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

• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 删shānto delete
• 沥lìto drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
• 佘Shésurname She

Sounds the same

Read xī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 息breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)
• 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
• 溪creek; rivulet