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犀

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犀

  • xī (xi¹) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • sai¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • sî Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • si^ˋ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • xi¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • si¹ Hakka, 長汀, 長汀話拼音
  • sí Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • să̤ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • se¹ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • sai Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • se Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • sai¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • sai¹ Southern Pinghua, 南寧話, 擴展粵拼
  • ¹shi Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ¹si Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ¹chi Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ¹sie Wu, Wugniu, 金華話
  • xī Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • si Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • hsi¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • syī Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • си Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ɕi⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • sai¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sāi Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sei¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *sliːl）：聲符 尾 (上古 *mɯlʔ) + 意符 牛 。

可能來自原始漢藏語 *b-sej (“犀牛”)。

釋義 𰠨 · 屖

  1. 犀牛 無木處乃犀、象屯聚養育之地。
  2. 鋒利，銳利

In English

  • rhino short form of rhinoceros

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MLA

"犀." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8A%80. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

犀. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8A%80

Chicago

"犀." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8A%80.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {犀},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8A%80},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}