夕 xī
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xī
noun
evening; night
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 夜晚; for example, 一朝一夕 'one morning and one evening' referring to short period of time (ABC 'xī' 夕 2, p. 1016; Guoyu '夕' n 2; Kroll 2015 '夕' 1, p. 484; NCCED '夕' 1, p. 1719; Unihan '夕') -
xī
noun
dusk; sunset
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 傍晚 (ABC 'xī' 夕 1, p. 1016; Guoyu '夕' n 1; Kroll 2015 '夕' 1, p. 484; NCCED '夕' 1, p. 1719; Unihan '夕') -
xī
noun
Kangxi radical 36
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: Evening (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7) -
xī
noun
the final days of the month or year
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 6, p. 484) -
xī
verb
to pay respects each evening
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 3, p. 484) -
xī
verb
to face towards the west
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 4, p. 484) -
xī
verb
towards the side
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '夕' 5, p. 484)
Contained in
- 一朝一夕 one morning and one evening; in a short period of time; overnight
- 七夕 double seven festival
- 宾夕法尼亚州(賓夕法尼亞州) Pennsylvania
- 朝不虑夕(朝不慮夕) at dawn not knowing if someone will last until evening
- 命在旦夕 to be at death's door
- 七夕节(七夕節) Qixi Festival; Double Seven Festival
- 朝夕 morning and evening ; from early until late; all the time ; early and late audiences with the emperor ; an instrument to measure the sun's shadow
- 除夕 New Year's Eve
- 今夕 tonight
- 夕照 the glow of the setting sun
- 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福(天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福) fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity
- 宾夕法尼亚(賓夕法尼亞) Pennsylvania
- 朝乾夕惕 cautious and diligent all day long
- 万圣节前夕(萬聖節前夕) All Saints' Eve; Halloween
- 朝发夕至(朝發夕至) to leave early and arrive by nightfall
- 一夕 overnight; instantly; very quickly
- 月夕 Mid-autumn Festival ; the end of the month ; the evening moon
- 晨夕 morning and evening ; morning through evening
- 前夕 eve; the day before
- 乐与数晨夕(樂與數晨夕) with whom it were a joy to spend the mornings and evenings
- 朝闻道，夕死可矣(朝聞道，夕死可矣) if one hears the Way in the morning, he can die [without regret] in the evening
- 危在旦夕 in danger from dawn to evening; imminent peril
- 朝饔夕飧 breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening; only thinking about eating
- 夕阳(夕陽) sunset; the setting sun
- 朝闻夕改(朝聞夕改) heard in the morning and changed by the evening; to correct an error very quickly
- 小除夕 the day before New Year's Eve
- 夕阳产业(夕陽產業) sunset industry; declining industry
- 朝不保夕 at dawn, not sure of lasting safely until evening
- 夕阳西下(夕陽西下) the sun sets in the west
- 花朝月夕 a beautiful day
- 新年前夕 New Year's Eve
- 朝过夕改(朝過夕改) to correct in the evening a fault of the morning; to quickly amend one's ways
- 一夕数惊(一夕數驚) one scare after another; in a constant state of tension
- 朝令夕改 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy
- 圣诞前夕(聖誕前夕) Christmas eve
- 只争朝夕(只爭朝夕) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
- 夕阳余晖(夕陽餘暉) the afterglow of sunset
Also contained in
晨夕参扣 、 宾夕法法亚州 、 朝花夕拾 、 宾夕法尼亚大学
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十六 志第十二 曆六 Volume 36 Treatises 12: Calendar 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 59
- 卷七十 志第二十三 律曆三 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Measures and Calendar 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 31
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 29
- 卷七十三 志第二十六 律曆六 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Measures and Calendar 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 28
- 卷二十九 志第十九 曆五 Volume 29 Treatises 22: Calendar 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 20
- 卷四十九 志第二十五 禮三 Volume 49 Treatises 25: Rites 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 19
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 18
- 卷八十 志第三十三 律曆十三 Volume 80 Treatises 33: Measures and Calendar 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
- 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
- 卷二十二 志第三: 曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 17
Collocations
- 旦夕 (旦夕) 以旦夕承弼厥辟 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 冏命 Zhou Shu - Charge to Jiong — count: 12
- 夕月 (夕月) 秋幕夕月 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 姑夕 (姑夕) 烏桓擊匈奴東邊姑夕王 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 — count: 6
- 夕见 (夕見) 若不朝夕見 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
- 夕夕 (夕夕) 夕夕月 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 6
- 谋夕 (謀夕) 朝不謀夕 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 夕惕 (夕惕) 夕惕若 — Book of Changes 易經, 乾 Qian — count: 4
- 夕失 (夕失) 夕失其功 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢第二 Chapter 2: Circumstances — count: 3
- 夕时 (夕時) 夕時開北房 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 8 — count: 3
- 夕死 (夕死) 夕死可矣 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 4. 《里仁》 Li Ren — count: 3