XI
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xi¹
- /zaɪ/
- /saɪ/
- /ksaɪ/
- /ksiː/
- /ʃiː/ nonstandard
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).
noun xis
- The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
- Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.
XI²
Where it comes from
From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).
noun XIs
- A football (soccer) team of eleven players. Rewind to the first day of the inaugural Premier League season in August 1992 and 177 players – or 73.1% – featuring in first XIs held English nationality. […] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, o
- A cricket team of eleven players.
Xi³
- /ʃiː/
- /siː/
- /t͡ʃiː/
- /ʒiː/
Sounds like she, sidhe, see, sea, si, c, cee · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西 (xī).
proper noun Hsi · Si
- A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl. The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.
Xi⁴
- /ʃiː/
- /siː/
- /t͡ʃiː/
- /ʒiː/
Sounds like she, sidhe, see, sea, si, c, cee · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 習／习 (Xí).
proper noun Xis · Hsi
- A surname from Chinese
- Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present). Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States.
Xi⁵
- /ʃiː/
- /siː/
- /t͡ʃiː/
- /ʒiː/
Sounds like she, sidhe, see, sea, si, c, cee · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隰 (Xī).
proper noun Hsi
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. Daning County is located in the south of Luliang Mountain and west of Linfen City in Shanxi Province. Pu County and Xi County are to the east of Daning County,[...]
