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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
white; a kind of date

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Bái

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

white

Etymology of

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

析白

Semantic compound

Bái

Phonetic compound

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细小 xì xiǎo de 柔软 róu ruǎn Bái 的指 jiē ,法文 Fǎ wén gāi 怎么 zěnme shuì ?

How do you say blond little cushioned knuckles in French?

黑色 hēi sè de Bāo 头巾 tóu jīn 使 shǐ de 皮肤 pífū 显得 xiǎnde 更加 gèng jiā Bái .

The black wimple enhanced the whiteness of her skin.

细腻 xì nì 光滑 guānghuá 美丽 měilì 白皙 bái xī de 脖子 bózi shǎng Dài zhāo 一条精致 jīngzhì de 链子 liàn zi

She wore a fine chain about her alabaster neck.

wéi 乌黑 wūhēi de 头发 tóufa 白皙 bái xī de 面庞 miàn páng suǒ 倾倒 qīng dǎo

He's hypnotized by that black hair and that white face.

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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