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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xī | xi1
English translation
where, what, why, how

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

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Positional decomposition

zhǎo 幺大

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding a rope tied to a slave.

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Tāng 奚落 xī luò le 一番, gěi dōu tóu le piáo 冷水 lěng shuǐ .

Tom withered him with derision!

de 矮小 aǐ xiǎo 身材 shēncái 政治 zhèngzhì 观点 guāndiǎn 使 shǐ Chéng le shòu 奚落 xī luò de 对象 duìxiàng

He was lampooned for his short stature and political views.

知道 zhīdào 确实 quèshí 偶尔 ǒuěr huì 奚落 xī luò 别人 biéren

I know that I do put people down occasionally.

戴维斯 Dài wéi sī 受到 shòudào le 众人 zhòng rén de 奚落 xī luò

Davis was subjected to public ridicule.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
奚落 xī luò to taunt奚落 xī luò
where?
奚啸伯 Xī Xiào bó Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大鬚生|四大须生 sì dà xū shēng 奚嘯伯

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