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Information of 夕

Pinyin xī

Radical

夕

Strokes

3 strokes

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Definition

evening, dusk

夕 [xī] Meaning: 1. Sunset; dusk: Refers to the time of sunset. Examples: 夕阳 (setting sun), 夕照 (evening light), 朝夕相处 (spend time together from morning till night). 2. Evening: A general term for the period of night. Examples: 前夕 (the night before), 除夕 (New Year's Eve), 一夕谈 (talking through the night). Additional Meanings: 1. The last period of a year or the late part of a month: Refers to the last season of the year or the last ten days of a month. 2. Nighttide; evening tide: 通“汐”, referring to the tide of the evening. Verb Usage: 1. To have an audience with an emperor in the evening: 傍晚朝见君主. Historical Citations: 1. 《说文》: “夕,莫也”. 2. 《诗·王风·君子于役》: “日之夕矣”. 3. 《周礼·大司徒》: “日东则景夕多风”. 4. 《诗·唐风·绸缪》: “今夕何夕”. 5. 《左传·成公十二年》: “朝而不夕”. Examples: 1. 夕晖 (the afterglow of sunset), 朝发夕至 (set off in the morning and arrive by evening), 夕霭 (the clouds of twilight), 夕市 (evening market). 2. 终夕 (the entire night), 通夕 (through the night), 除夕 (the last night of the year), 前夕 (the night before). Radical: It is one of the 214 radicals in Chinese.

前夕 qián xī

eve / the day before

除夕 Chú xī

lunar New Year's Eve

夕阳 xī yáng

sunset / the setting sun

朝夕相处 zhāo xī xiāng chǔ

be together morning and night / be closely associated

一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī

lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight

旦夕 dàn xī

this morning or evening -- in a short while

朝夕 zhāo xī

morning and night / all the time

危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī

in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis

宾夕法尼亚州 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu

Pennsylvania

夕照 xī zhào

glow of the setting sun

夕阳西下 xī yáng xī xià

the sun sets in the west (idiom)

七夕 Qī xī

double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting

今夕 jīn xī

Tonight

宾夕法尼亚 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà

Pennsylvania

除夕夜 chú xī yè

New Year's Eve / Lunar New Year's Eve

朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī

at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth

命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī

to be at death's door (idiom)

夕阳红 xī yáng hóng

sunset glow

只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī

to seize every minute (idiom) / to make the best use of one's time

晨夕 chén xī

Morning and evening

朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì

cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)