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西
xī
1. west
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

西
xī
west, western, westward
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

纳西
Nàxī
Nakhi (ethnic group)
西吉
Xījí
Xiji county in Guyuan [[固原<Gùyuán>]], Ningxia
归西
guīxī
to die
泸西
Lúxī
Luxi county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
莱西
Láixī
Laixi county level city in Qingdao [[青島|青岛]], Shandong
西打
xīdá
cider (loanword)
梅西
Méixī
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
桥西
Qiáoxī
Qiaoxi District (various)
海西
Hǎixī
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
泽西
Zéxī
Jersey (Channel Islands)
耀西
Yàoxī
Yoshi (Nintendo video game character)
华西
Huáxī
West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
西充
Xīchōng
Xichong county in Nanchong [[南充<Nánchōng>]], Sichuan
西南
xīnán
southwest
东西
dōngxi
thing
HSK 1
柯西
Kēxī
Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
山西
Shānxī
Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. [[晋]] capital Taiyuan [[太原]]
极西
Jíxī
"the Far West"
江西
Jiāngxī
Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. [[赣]], capital Nanchang [[南昌]]
泰西
Tàixī
"the Far West"

Alternate Entries

西
Xī
the West / abbr. for Spain [[西班牙<Xībānyá>]] / Spanish
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
166
Word Frequency Rank
82 of 84,292