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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xì | xi4
English translation
crack
crevice
gap or interval
loophole
discord
rift
crack, fissure, split; grudge

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A crack  dividing two things xiǎo provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

xiǎo 日小

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fēng 撕裂 sī liè le 天上 tiān shàng de 云块, 柔和 róuhé de 月光 yuè guāng 从云 jiān xiè Xiàng 四周 sì zhōu .

Big holes were blown into the sky, the moonlight blew about.

孔隙 kǒng xì 通道 Tōng dào de 横截面 héng jié miàn 面积 miànjī 沿 yán 长度 cháng dù 方向 fāngxiàng 变化 biànhuà .

The cross - sectional areas of the pore openings vary along their length.

tóng 浸染 jìn rǎn zài 斑岩 bān yán de 细小 xì xiǎo 节理 miàn 裂隙 liè xì Zhōng .

The copper is disseminated in small joint surfaces and cracks in the porphyries.

他们 tā men 利用 lìyòng 会议 huìyì 间隙 jiàn xì dào 城里 guàng le guàng .

They took advantage of a gap between meetings to go into town.

只要 zhǐyào 前面 qiánmiàn 出现 chūxiàn 一点 yī diǎn 空隙 kòngxì jiù huì liàng 起前车灯 bìng 超车 chāo chē .

He flashed his headlights and jumped lanes whenever a gap opened up.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
间隙 jiàn xì gap間隙
缝隙 fèng xì chink縫隙
空隙 kòngxì crack空隙 kòngxì
crack
裂隙 liè xì gap裂隙 liè xì
孔隙 kǒng xì pore (geology)孔隙 kǒng xì
罅隙 xià xì gap罅隙 xià xì
嫌隙 xián xì hostility嫌隙 xián xì
白驹过隙 bái jū guò xì a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!白駒過隙
乘隙 chéng xì to seize an opportunity乘隙 chéng xì
气隙 qì xì air vent氣隙
隙缝 xì fèng aperture隙縫
仇隙 chóu xì feud仇隙 chóu xì
伺隙 sì xì to wait for the opportunity伺隙 sì xì
观衅伺隙 guān xìn sì xì to look for the Achilles' heel觀釁伺隙

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