兴 (興) xīng

1. xīng verb to flourish; to be popular
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 流行 (CCD '兴' xīng 1; Guoyu '興' xīng v 4; Unihan '興')
2. xìng noun interest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 兴高采烈 'interest high, spirit strong' (CCI p. 35; CCD '兴' xìng; Guoyu '興' xìng n 1)
3. xīng verb to spring up; to get up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '兴' xīng 4; Guoyu '興' xīng v 5)
4. xīng verb to move
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 发动 (Guoyu '興' xīng v 2)
5. xīng verb to generate interest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '興' xīng v 1)
6. xīng verb to promote
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '兴' xīng 2)
7. xīng verb to start; to begin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 创立 (CCD '兴' xīng 3; Guoyu '興' xīng v 3)
8. xīng verb to permit; to allow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: (CCD '兴' xīng 5)
9. xīng adverb perhaps; maybe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CCD '兴' xīng 5)
10. xīng proper noun Xing
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '兴' xīng 7; Guoyu '興' xīng n)
11. xīng adjective prosperous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 昌盛 (Guoyu '興' xīng adj)
12. xìng verb to be happy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '興' xìng v 1)
13. xìng verb to like
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '興' xìng v 2)
14. xìng verb to make an analogy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '興' xìng v 3)
15. xìng noun affective image
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Imagery used in poetry (Fuller 2017, p. xv; Guoyu '興' xìng n 2)

Contained in

• 家和万事兴(家和萬事興) a harmonious family will prosper in many things
• 兴办(興辦) to initiate
• 兴旺(興旺) prosperous
• 败兴(敗興) disappointed
• 绍兴酒(紹興酒) Shaoxing wine a.k.a. yellow wine, traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
• 酒兴(酒興) interest in wine; passion for drinking
• 大兴土木(大興土木) to carry out large scale construction
• 新兴宗教(新興宗教) new religious movement
• 兴复(興復) to reinstate
• 春兴(春興) carnal desire
• 仰屋兴叹(仰屋興嘆) to stare at the ceiling in despair; to find no way out; nothing you can do about it
• 兴建(興建) to build; to construct
• 兴尽悲来(興盡悲來) after extreme happiness sorrow arises
• 时兴(時興) fashionable; popular
• 兴学(興學) to establish schools ; to raise the standard of education
• 兴妖作怪(興妖作怪) to summon demons to create havoc; to stir up all kinds of trouble
• 兴头(興頭) keen interest; concentrated attention
• 方兴未艾(方興未艾) thriving and not yet declining
• 兴兵(興兵) to send troops
• 国家兴亡，匹夫有责(國家興亡，匹夫有責) The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone . Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
• 不兴(不興) out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't
• 有兴趣(有興趣) interested; interesting
• 意兴索然(意興索然) to have no interest in
• 兴凯刺鳑鲏(興凱刺鰟鮍) Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (small carp)

Also contained in

兴化市 、 绍兴 、 太平兴国 、 兴宾 、 中兴洞 、 兴城市 、 永兴军路 、 大兴区 、 东兴区 、 兴安运河 、 兴化 、 兴宁 、 宝兴县 、 嘉兴地区 、 永兴 、 兴安县 、 海兴 、 泰兴 、 兴仁 、 兴平市 、 德兴 、 门兴格拉德巴赫 、 兴山区 、 新兴县 、 四时田园杂兴 、 曹不兴 、 大兴城

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• 卷六十七　志第十八: 　禮樂一 Volume 67 Treatises 20: Rites and Music 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 147
• 卷一百一十八 載記第十八 姚興下 Volume 118 Records 18: Yao Xing Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 131
• 卷一百一十七 載記第十七 姚興上 Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 104
• 卷二十九　列傳第十九 蔡廓 Volume 29 Biographies 19: Cai Kuo History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 100
• 卷五十七 列傳第十七 蔡廓 Volume 57 Biographies 17: Cai Kuo Book of Song 宋書 — count: 94
• 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 71
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 57
• 卷五十四 志第三十 禮八 Volume 54 Treatises 30: Rites 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
• 卷一百三十三 世襲列傳二: 高季興 馬殷 劉言 錢鏐 Volume 133: Biographies of Descendents 2 - Gao Jixing, Ma Yin, Liu Yan, Qian Liu Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 56
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 54

Collocations

• 觯兴 (觶興) 執觶興 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 29
• 爵兴 (爵興) 執爵興 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 24
• 民兴 (民興) 民興胥漸 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 呂刑 Zhou Shu - Marquis of Lu on Punishments — count: 6
• 夙兴 (夙興) 夙兴 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 6
• 兴辞 (興辭) 客若降等執食興辭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 5
• 兴受 (興受) 我興受其敗 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — count: 4
• 能兴 (能興) 誰能興之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 兴取 (興取) 興取肺 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 3
• 兴诸侯 (興諸侯) 若興諸侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
• 叔兴 (叔興) 周內史叔興聘于宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2