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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
creek
rivulet
variant of [xī]
brook, creek, stream

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵奚

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of 谿.

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牧童 mù tóng qiān zhāo Niú tǎng Guò jiān .

The cowboy splashed his way across the shallow stream with his cow.

xià ? ” 叶梦 zhǐ zhāo 溪中 kuài bàn 明半 àn de 黄石 Huáng shí , 悄声 qiǎo shēng shuì .

" Let's go down there , " whispered Ye Meng , pointing towards a large, half - lit rock.

men 喜欢 xǐhuan kān 孩子 háizi men zài 小溪 xiǎo xī Zhōng wán Shuǐ .

They liked to watch the children paddling in the stream.

guì zài biān , 马马虎虎 mǎ ma hū hū de 盥洗 guàn xǐ le 一下 yīxià .

Kneeling beside the stream, he made a rough toilet.

溅泼 zhāo 越过 yuè guò 小溪 xiǎo xī .

The horse splashed across the brook.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
creek
小溪 xiǎo xī brook小溪 xiǎo xī
溪流 xī liú stream溪流 xī liú
安溪 Ān xī Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州 Quán zhōu [Quán​zhōu], Fujian安溪 Ān xī
慈溪 Cí xī Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波 Níng bō [Níng​bō], Zhejiang慈溪 Cí xī
玉溪 Yù xī Yuxi prefecture level city in Yunnan玉溪 Yù xī
本溪 Běn xī Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China本溪 Běn xī
溪谷 xī gǔ valley溪谷 xī gǔ
兰溪 Lán xī Lanxi county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华 Jīn huá [Jīn​huá], Zhejiang蘭溪
安溪县 Ān xī xiàn Anxi county in Quanzhou 泉州 Quán zhōu [Quán​zhōu], Fujian安溪縣
慈溪市 Cí xī shì Cixi county level city in Ningbo 寧波|宁波 Níng bō [Níng​bō], Zhejiang慈溪市 Cí xī shì
花溪区 Huā xī qū Huaxi district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市 Guì yáng shì [Guì​yáng​shì], Guizhou花溪區
玉溪市 Yù xī shì Yuxi prefecture level city in Yunnan玉溪市 Yù xī shì
贵溪 Guì xī Guixi county level city in Yingtan 鷹潭|鹰潭 Yīng tán , Jiangxi貴溪
屯溪 Tún xī Tunxi district of Huangshan city 黃山市|黄山市 Huáng shān shì [Huáng​shān​shì], Anhui屯溪 Tún xī
本溪市 Běn xī shì Benxi prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 Liáo níng shěng in northeast China本溪市 Běn xī shì
巫溪 Wū xī Wushi county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan巫溪 Wū xī

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