xī

西

west

HSK 2.0 · 3 HSK 3.0 · 1
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Words with 西

东西 dōng xī east and west HSK 1
西边 xī biān west; west side HSK 1
西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident HSK 2
西南 xī nán southwest HSK 2
西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
西医 xī yī Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine HSK 2
西餐 xī cān Western-style food HSK 2
西部 xī bù western part HSK 3
西瓜 xī guā watermelon HSK 4
西装 xī zhuāng suit; Western-style clothes HSK 5
西红柿 xī hóng shì tomato HSK 5
西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language HSK 6

Examples from your lessons

  • 天太热了,我们吃西瓜吧! It's so hot — let's eat watermelon! Lesson 18
  • 西瓜多少钱一公斤? How much is watermelon per kilo? Lesson 19
  • 你还要别的东西吗? Do you want anything else? Lesson 110
  • 这个商场很大,东西也很多。 This mall is big, and it has lots of things. Lesson 110
  • 今天我去商店买东西。 Today I go to the shop to buy things. 我去商店
  • 她让爸爸少喝咖啡,多吃东西。 She tells Dad to drink less coffee and eat more. 早饭

Character facts

Radical
西
Parts
兀 + 囗
Structure
Overlaid
Unicode
U+897F

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