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

乔希(喬希) Josh or Joshi (name)
路德维希(路德維希) Ludwig
希贾布(希賈布) hijab
洛希尔(洛希爾) Rothschild (name)
希斯罗机场(希斯羅機場) Heathrow Airport (international airport near London)
无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
希尔(希爾) Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
古希腊语(古希臘語) Ancient Greek
希格斯玻色子 Higgs boson (particle physics) ; Higgs boson (particle physics)
希伯莱(希伯萊) Hebrew
浅希近求(淺希近求) to aim low; to aim to get by; without lofty ambition
弗里德里希·尼采(弗里德里希·尼採) Friedrich Nietzsche
希望 to wish for; to desire; to hope ; a wish; a desire
希伯莱语(希伯萊語) Hebrew language
希拉蕊 Hillary
鸟兽希革(鳥獸希革) birds and animals have thin [feathers and] fur
希思罗(希思羅) Heathrow (a London airport)
希格斯粒子 Higgs particle (particle physics)
承风希旨(承風希旨) to pander to someone else's wishes
希腊语(希臘語) Greek
希图(希圖) to attempt
希伯来人(希伯來人) the Israelites; the Jewish people
帕丽斯·希尔顿(帕麗斯·希爾頓) Paris Hilton
希神 Greek mythology
火尾希鹛(火尾希鶥) red-tailed minla (Minla ignotincta)
希吉拉 Hijrah; Hijra
希奇古怪 crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange
希奇 rare; strange
希圣(希聖) to follow the example of a sage; to admire a sage
希腊文(希臘文) Greek literature
斯瓦希里 Swahili
希伯来书(希伯來書) Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews
希伯来(希伯來) Hebrew; Jewish

Also contained in

塔希提、希仁、希斯·莱杰、希西家、路德维希港、阿希姆、希伯来王国、希波克拉底、伏罗希洛夫、王希孟、希法、希耳伯特、阿希物多、古希腊共同语、希尔伯特、里希特霍芬、希拉克、基希讷乌

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