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锡纸

xī zhǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 錫紙

锡纸 (xī zhǐ) means "tinfoil". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 锡纸 means

1. tinfoil

The characters in 锡纸

• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc

Sounds the same

Read xī zhǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汐止Xizhi or Hsichih city in New Taipei City 新北市

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