Chinese Notes

希 xī

xī adverb rare; infrequent; precious
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: In the sense of 少有 (FE '希' 1; Guoyu '希' adj; Kroll 2015 '希' 1, p. 484; Unihan '希'; XHZD '希' 1, p. 800)
xī verb to hope
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 希望 (CCD '希'; FE '希' 2; Guoyu '希' v 1; Unihan '希'; XHZD '希' 2, p. 800)
xī verb to admire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 仰慕 (Guoyu '希' v 2; Kroll 2015 '希' 4, p. 484)
xī verb to dilute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '希' 1a, p. 484)
xī verb to stop gradually
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '希' 3; Guoyu '希' v 3)
xī verb to be silent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '希' 4)
xī adverb very
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '希' 5)
xī proper noun Xi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (FE '希' 6; Guoyu '希' n)
xī adjective faint [to hear]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '希' 2, p. 484)

Contained in

希斯罗机场(希斯羅機場) Heathrow Airport (international airport near London)
火尾希鹛(火尾希鶥) red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta)
希神 Greek mythology
布希 Bush
希拉里 Hillary
大有希望 to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising
希伯来书(希伯來書) Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
古希腊哲学(古希臘哲學) ancient Greek philosophy
无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
希拉蕊 Hillary
希求 to hope and request
希腊神话(希臘神話) Greek mythology
吾尔开希(吾爾開希) Örkesh Dölet
希望 to wish for; to desire; to hope ; a wish; a desire
希伯莱语(希伯萊語) Hebrew language
希有 uncommon
弗里德里希·尼采(弗里德里希·尼採) Friedrich Nietzsche
一线希望(一線希望) a gleam of hope
路德维希(路德維希) Ludwig
希伯来语(希伯來語) Hebrew language
乔希(喬希) Josh or Joshi (name)
洛希尔(洛希爾) Rothschild (name)
希斯 Heath (name)
希腊教会(希臘教會) Church of Greece; Greek Orthodox Church
希图(希圖) to attempt
希斯仑(希斯崙) Hezron (son of Perez)
希腊字母(希臘字母) Greek alphabet
希腊语(希臘語) Greek
帕丽斯·希尔顿(帕麗斯·希爾頓) Paris Hilton
希格斯玻色子 Higgs boson (particle physics) ; Higgs boson (particle physics)
希伯莱文(希伯萊文) Hebrew language
斯瓦希里 Swahili
希思罗(希思羅) Heathrow (a London airport)
希蒙·佩雷斯 Shimon Peres, ninth president of Israel
希奇 rare; strange

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希拉里·克林顿、巴希尔、陈希同、普希金、李希霍芬、希伯莱大学、弗里德里希·恩格斯、里希特霍芬、路德维希港、希腊、希耳伯特、希罗底、希特勒、伏罗希洛夫、希仁、希洪

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