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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
to enjoy; to play, to amuse oneself

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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woman

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女喜

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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决计 zài dào 昨晚 zuó wǎn 嬉戏 xī xì de 地方 dìfāng 去一 tāng .

He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol.

不能 bù néng 因为 yīnwèi 蓄须 jiù shuì shì 嬉皮士 xī pí shì

Just because he has a beard doesn't necessarily mean he's a hippy.

游客 yóu kè shài zhāo 日光浴 rì guāng yù zài 海水 hǎi shuǐ 嬉戏 xī xì

Tourists sunbathe and frolic in the ocean.

有时 yǒu shí 海豚 hǎi tún zài chuán de 尾流 wěi liú Zhōng 嬉戏 xī xì

Dolphins sometimes play in the wake of the boats.

zhè 看起来 kàn qǐ lai shì 一部嬉皮士 xī pí shì 时代 Shídài de 影片 yǐng piàn

This is a film which seems to hail from the hippie era.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
amusement
嬉戏 xī xì fun嬉戲
嬉皮士 xī pí shì hippie (loanword)嬉皮士 xī pí shì
嬉笑 xī xiào to giggle嬉笑 xī xiào
嬉皮笑脸 xī pí xiào liǎn all smiles嬉皮笑臉
嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà to mock and scold嬉笑怒罵
嬉游 xī yóu to have fun嬉遊
嬉耍 xī shuǎ to play嬉耍 xī shuǎ
业荒于嬉 yè huāng yú xī to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)業荒於嬉

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