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西

xī

west, western, westward

📷 Pictographic: A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東

HSK 1 6 strokes Very Common (2%)

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wù

兀

weak; lame

💡 Ideographic: Cutting 一 off the feet 儿

3 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

ér

儿

son, child

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人

2 strokes HSK 1

wéi

囗

enclosure; border

3 strokes

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 西 (603)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

thing / stuff / person / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[件<jiàn>]]

dōngxi

东西 ↗

HSK 1

thing / stuff / person / CL:[[個|个<gè>]], [[件<jiàn>]]

西瓜 ↗

xīguā

watermelon / CL:[[顆|颗<kē>]], [[粒<lì>]], [[個|个<ge>]]

xīguā

西瓜 ↗

HSK 2

watermelon / CL:[[顆|颗<kē>]], [[粒<lì>]], [[個|个<ge>]]

西 ↗

Xī

the West / abbr. for Spain [[西班牙<Xībānyá>]] / Spanish

Xī

西 ↗

HSK 3

the West / abbr. for Spain [[西班牙<Xībānyá>]] / Spanish

tomato / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

xīhóngshì

西红柿 ↗

HSK 4

tomato / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

东张西望 ↗

dōngzhāngxīwàng

to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around

dōngzhāngxīwàng

东张西望 ↗

HSK 6

to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around

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