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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xī | Xi1
English translation
surname Xi
former times
the past
Taiwan pr. [xí]
past, former; ancient

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Time morpheme / 时语素 Shí yǔsù

Learning hint

Twenty 廿 niàn days ago 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

廿日

Explanation

Pictograph of the sun () having passed through many cycles of rising and setting.

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suì féng 太平 Tài píng , 山林 二十年.

" I still remember those days of peace -- Twenty years among mountains and forests , "

他们 tā men Tán 昔日 xīrì de 校园 xiào yuán 生活 shēnghuó .

They spoke of the old days on the campus.

ràng 司机 sījī gěi mǎi 一杯草莓 cǎo méi 奶昔 nǎi xī

He sent his driver to fetch him a strawberry shake.

这次胜利 shènglì 勾起 gōu qǐ le duì 往昔 wǎng xī 那些 nà xiē 夺冠 duó guàn 岁月 suìyuè de 美好 měi hǎo 回忆 huíyì

The win revived glorious memories of his championship-winning days.

出来 chū lái de 奶昔 nǎi xī Cóng 柜台 guìtái shǎng 擦掉 cā diào

She wiped a spill of milkshake off the counter.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
the past
往昔 wǎng xī the past往昔 wǎng xī
昔日 xīrì formerly昔日 xīrì
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ times have changed今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ
昔年 xī nián former years昔年 xī nián
今昔 jīn xī past and present今昔 jīn xī
昔阳 Xī yáng Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中 Jìn zhōng [Jìn​zhōng], Shanxi昔陽
昔阳县 Xī yáng xiàn Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中 Jìn zhōng [Jìn​zhōng], Shanxi昔陽縣
今不如昔 jīn bù rú xī things are not as good as they used to be今不如昔 jīn bù rú xī
宿昔 sù xī formerly宿昔 sù xī

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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    • Cuò , jiè , liè , , , , , què , zhuó , cuò , cuò , jiè , , cuò , , , què , , , , , , , , , , , , cuò , què
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