昔 xī

1. xī adjective past; former times
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Often begins a sentence that ends in 者 to mean 'formerly' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '昔' adj; Kroll 2015 '昔' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '昔'; XHZD '昔')
2. xī proper noun Xi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
   Notes: (Guoyu '昔' n 2)
3. cuò adjective rough; coarse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 粗糙 (Guoyu '昔' cuò)
4. xī noun night
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 夕 (Guoyu '昔' n 1; Kroll 2015 '昔' 2)

Contained in

• 抗言谈在昔(抗言談在昔) with brave words discuss the things of old
• 昔年 former years; previous years
• 昔时(昔時) former times
• 修昔底德陷阱 Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
• 修昔底德 Thucydides
• 昔人 people in former times
• 往昔 in the past
• 昔为倡家女(昔為倡家女) once she was a dancing-house girl
• 今非昔比 things are very different now ; times have changed
• 古昔 ancient times; in olden days
• 今不如昔 things are not as good as they used to be
• 今昔 past and present; yesterday and today
• 奶昔 milkshake
• 宿昔 formerly; in the past
• 美洛昔康 meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
• 畴昔(疇昔) the past; former times
• 昔日 formerly

Also contained in

昔阳 、 昔阳县 、 阿昔洛韦

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十一　志第十三: 　地理四 Volume 61 Treatises 14: Geography 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 36
• 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 35
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 31
• 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 24
• 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 24
• 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 23
• 卷四十八 列傳第十八 向雄 段灼 閻纘 Volume 48 Biographies 18: Xiang Xiong; Duan Zhuo; Yan Zuan Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 23
• 卷十九 魏書十九 任城陳蕭王傳 Volume 19: Book of Wei 19 - Biographies of the princes of Rencheng, Chen, and Xiao Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 23
• 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 22
• 卷二十五 魏書二十五 辛毗楊阜高堂隆傳 Volume 25: Book of Wei 25 - Biographies of Xin Pi, Yang Fu, and Gaotang Long Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 21

Collocations

• 昔三代 (昔三代) 昔三代明王之政 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《哀公問》 Questions of Duke Ai — count: 16
• 昔先王 (昔先王) 昔先王受命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧召旻 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Shao Min — count: 6
• 昔武王 (昔武王) 昔武王克殷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 昔在 (昔在) 昔在帝堯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 5
• 在昔 (在昔) 我聞在昔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 昔诸侯 (昔諸侯) 昔諸侯朝正於王 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 昔从事 (昔從事) 旦昔從事於此 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 3
• 昔周 (昔周) 昔周饑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 昔殷 (昔殷) 在昔殷先哲王迪畏天顯小民 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 酒誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement about Drunkenness — count: 3
• 昔夏 (昔夏) 昔夏之方有德也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3