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西

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西

  • xī (xi¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • xi¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • щи (xi, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • sai¹ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • lhai¹ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • xi¹ Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • sî Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • xi¹ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • xi¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • sái Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • sí Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • să̤ Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • sai Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • se Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • si Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • sai¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • si¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ¹shi Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • xi¹ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • xī Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • 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

釋義

  1. “棲”的本字。棲息。
  2. 方位詞。日落的方向，西方。與“東”相對。
  3. 向西行。
  4. 副詞。向西。例：西遊記。
  5. 指西方國家。春秋時晉指秦。宋代指西夏。現多指歐美國家。例：西洋、西瓜、西餐、西藥、西裝、西元。
  6. 國名。“西班牙”的簡稱。
  7. 指西天。
  8. 姓。

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"西." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%A5%BF. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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西. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%A5%BF

Chicago

"西." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%A5%BF.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {西},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%A5%BF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}