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锡

xī

Character Traditional 錫

What 锡 means

1. tin (chemistry)
2. to bestow
3. to confer
4. to grant
5. Taiwan pr. xí

Example sentences

• 你能分辨银和锡吗?
  Nǐ néng fēnbiàn yín hé xī ma?
  Can you distinguish silver from tin?

Words starting with 锡

• 锡伯Xī bóXibe ethnic group
• 锡克Xī kèSikh
• 锡剧xī jùWuxi opera (which developed in the area around Wuxi 无锡
• 锡婚xī hūntin anniversary; aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary)
• 锡安Xī ānZion
• 锡瓦Xī wǎSiwa, Egypt
• 锡石xī shítin oxide SnO2; cassiterite; tinstone
• 锡矿xī kuàngtin ore
• 锡纸xī zhǐtinfoil
• 锡兰Xī lánCeylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
• 锡金Xī jīnSikkim, Indian state bordering Tibet
• 锡伯族Xī bó zúXibe ethnic group
• 锡克教Xī kè jiàoSikhism
• 锡安山Xī ān shānMount Zion
• 锡山区Xī shān QūXishan, a district of Wuxi City 无锡市
• 锡尔河Xī ěr HéSyr Darya, Central Asian river, flowing from Kyrgiz Republic through Kazakhstan to the…
• 锡当河Xī dāng HéSittang River of central Myanmar (Burma), between Irrawaddy and Salween rivers
• 锡霍特Xī huò tèSichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 锡拉库萨Xī lā kù sàSyracuse, Sicily
• 锡霍特山脉Xī huò tè shān màiSichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 锡蜡xī làpewter (alloy of tin 锡, lead 铅 and other metals)
• 锡铅xī qiānpewter (tin alloy)
• 锡嘴雀xī zuǐ què(bird species of China) hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
• 锡林浩特市Xī lín hào tè ShìXilinhot, a county-level city in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟

Words containing 锡

• 无锡市Wú xī ShìWuxi, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省
• 刘禹锡Liú Yǔ xīLiu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
• 焊锡hàn xīsolder
• 驻锡zhù xī(Buddhism) (of a monk) to take up residence…
• 拉瓦锡Lā wǎ xīAntoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of…
• 胡锡进Hú Xī jìnHu Xijin (1960-), editor-in-chief of the "Global Times" 环球时报
• 莱比锡Lái bǐ xīLeipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany
• 马中锡Mǎ Zhōng xīMa Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable The Wolf of Zhongshan 中山狼传
• 麦肯锡Mài kěn xī(name) MacKenzie; McKinsey
• 洛锡安区Luò Xī ān qūLothian, Scottish region around Edinburgh
• 麦卡锡主义Mài kǎ xī zhǔ yìMcCarthyism
• 陈仁锡Chén Rén xīChen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
• 金银铜铁锡jīn yín tóng tiě xīthe five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin
• 贴锡箔tiē xī bóto decorate with tin foil
• 阎锡山Yán Xī shānYan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
• 游锡堃Yóu Xī kūnYu Shyi-kun (1948-) Taiwanese politician
• 察布查尔锡伯自治县Chá bù chá ěr Xī bó Zì zhì xiànQapqal Xibe Autonomous County, in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州
• 无锡Wú xīsee 无锡市

Characters built on 易

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

• 赐cì(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
• 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
• 惕tìfearful; respectful
• 剔tīto scrape the meat from bones; to pick (teeth etc); to weed out
• 蜴yìused in 蜥蜴
• 埸yìborder
• 裼tìbaby's quilt

Characters that look like 锡

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

• 锈xiùto rust
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 锑tīantimony (chemistry)
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel

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