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xī

xī 1st tone · high level

ㄒㄧ 41 characters · 4 words

Characters pronounced xī (41)

息 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 1 · breath
西 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 1 · west
希 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 3 · to hope
吸 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 4 · to breathe
析 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 5 · to separate
夕 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 5 · sunset
悉 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 5 · in all cases
惜 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 5 · to cherish
牺 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 6 · sacrifice
嬉 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · (literary) to amuse oneself
昔 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · the past
晰 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · clear
溪 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · creek
熄 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · to extinguish
熙 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · (used in names)
膝 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · knee
锡 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · tin (chemistry)
稀 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · sparse
僖 xī ㄒㄧ cautious
歙 shè xī xié used in 歙縣|歙县 (the name of a place in Anhui)
熹 xī ㄒㄧ bright
矽 xì xī (Tw) silicon (chemistry)
禧 xǐ xī joy
羲 xī ㄒㄧ surname Xi
翕 xī ㄒㄧ to open and close (the mouth etc)
谿 xī jī mountain stream
唏 xī ㄒㄧ sound of sobbing
奚 xī ㄒㄧ where?
曦 xī ㄒㄧ (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
淅 xī ㄒㄧ (onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc
皙 xī ㄒㄧ (literary) fair-skinned
舾 xī ㄒㄧ used in 舾裝|舾装
螅 xī ㄒㄧ used in 水螅
蟋 xī ㄒㄧ used in 蟋蟀
嘻 xī ㄒㄧ TOCFL L5 · laugh
汐 xī ㄒㄧ night tides
蜥 xī ㄒㄧ lizard
兮 xī ㄒㄧ (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
蹊 xī qī (literary) footpath
犀 xī ㄒㄧ rhinoceros
烯 xī ㄒㄧ (chemistry) alkene

Words pronounced exactly xī (4)

西 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 1 · west
吸 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 4 · to breathe
稀 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · sparse
锡 xī ㄒㄧ HSK 7-9 · tin (chemistry)

Word sets that sound alike, containing xī

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Syllables are keyed by citation tone: xī is xi1. Neutral tone is digit 5 and ü is written v.