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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
old variant of [xī]
knee

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

flesh

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼桼

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

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zhè 男孩 nán hái shuāi le jiāo , le 膝盖 xīgài shǎng de .

The boy fell and scraped the skin off his knee.

孩子 háizi 裤子 kùzi de 膝盖 xīgài chǔ le .

The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.

如果 rúguǒ zài gān 那种 nà zhǒng shì , jiù héng zài de 膝盖 xīgài shǎng zòu .

If you do that again, I'll set you across my knee and beat you.

男孩 nán hái 摔倒 shuāidǎo shí 膝盖 xīgài cèng le .

That boy scraped his knee when he slipped and fell.

穿着 chuān zhuó 高及膝盖 xīgài de 护腿,留着海象 hǎi xiàng bān 的八字, zhēn shì 古怪 gǔguài de 老家伙 lǎo jiā huo .

He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
膝盖 xīgài knee膝蓋
old variant of [xī]
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children)膝下 xī xià
护膝 hù xī kneepad護膝
膝盖骨 xī gài gǔ kneecap膝蓋骨
盘膝 pán xī cross-legged盤膝
牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)牛膝 niú xī
促膝 cù xī intimate促膝 cù xī
促膝谈心 cù xī tán xīn to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)促膝談心
卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning卑躬屈膝 bēi gōng qū xī
齐膝 qí xī level with one's knees齊膝
奴颜婢膝 nú yán bì xī bending and scraping to curry favor奴顏婢膝

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