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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
understanding
variant of [xī]
variant of
>[xī]
white
clear, evident

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

sun

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日析

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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车外 de 分轨 zhá 信号灯 xìn hào dēng 清晰可见.

Brakes and signals were visible without.

这些 zhè xiē 孩子 háizi 当中 dāng zhōng , yǒu de 白晰 yuán pán , 有的 yǒu de Hēi ér 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo .

Some of those children were fair and rounded, others dark and elf - like.

他们 tā men 能够 néng gòu 清晰 qīngxī de 看到他们 tā men de 目标 mùbiāo 之一 zhī yī 上弦 shàng xián yuè .

They can clearly see one of their targets, the first quarter moon.

灯塔 dēng tǎ de 光束 guāng shù zài jiān nóng de 暮色 mù sè Zhōng 清晰可见

The lighthouse beam was quite distinct in the gathering dusk.

接收 jiē shōu dào de 信号 xìnhào 有点 yǒu diǎn ruò dàn duì 来说已够清晰 qīngxī 可以 kěyǐ 接收到。

The reception was a little faint but clear enough for him to receive the signal.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
清晰 qīngxī clear清晰 qīngxī
明晰 míng xī clear明晰 míng xī
清晰度 qīng xī dù definition清晰度 qīng xī dù
clear

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Decomposition

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