Hsi

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Hsi¹

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 習 /习 (Xí), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi².

proper noun Hsis · Xi

  1. A surname. An excellent example of the Chinese colporteur's zeal and capacity is afforded by Hsi Fuh Ts’ing, who lives at Hwangchow in the province of Hupeh.

Hsi²

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 西 (Xī), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹.

proper noun Xi

  1. alternative Alternative form of Xi The hilly topography restricts the cultivated area mainly to the valleys of the Hsi River and of its tributaries in Kuang-hsi and Kuang-tung and the lowlands of T'ai-wan and Hai-nan. Western T'ai-wan and the Hsi River delta have extremely high population densities.

HSI³

proper noun

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Homeland Security Investigations He said he recently asked HSI to audit how much of their time is spent on work site enforcement, and said he has ordered that to increase “by four to five times.”

noun HSIs

  1. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Hispanic-serving institution More than half of America’s Latino undergraduates attend an HSI – that is, a public or private nonprofit college or university with a student body that is at least 25 percent Latino. HSIs, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) serve a hig

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name Chinese surname

한국어습 Seup, 시
日本語習 Shū, シー Shī
中文習 /习 Xí
РусскийСи
Tiếng ViệtTập, Xi
العربيةشِي šī

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@misc{hsi_2026,
  title = {Hsi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hsi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}