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Animated Stroke Order 夕

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4.

How to Use 夕

xi1 'evening' in words for evening time or events

The character 夕 means 'evening' and appears in words that refer to the evening or the night before a special day.

除夕 • chú xī • (lunar) New Year’s Eve • HSK 5

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Example Sentences

tā他

men们

zhāo朝

xī夕

xiāng相

chǔ处

Information

Pinyinxī

Meaningevening, sunset, dusk

Strokes3

Radical夕

Traditional夕

StructureSingle Body

Frequency#1182

Zhuyinㄒㄧ

UnicodeU+5915

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chú除

xī夕

(lunar) New Year’s Eve

前夕 • qián xī • Eve / the day before • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

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qián前

xī夕

Eve / the day before

夕阳 • xī yáng • the setting sun • HSK 6

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xī夕

yáng阳

the setting sun

，

gǎn感

qíng情

hěn很

hǎo好

。

They spend every day together and have a good relationship.

Tā他

de的

shēng生

mìng命

wēi危

zài在

dàn旦

xī夕

。

His life is in imminent danger.

xī夕

yáng阳

yìng映

hóng红

le了

zhěng整

piàn片

tiān天

kōng空

。

The evening sun reddened the entire sky.

chūn春

jié节

qián前

xī夕

，

jiē街

shàng上

guà挂

mǎn满

le了

hóng红

dēng灯

lóng笼

。

On the eve of the Spring Festival, the streets are decorated with red lanterns.

chú除

xī夕

yè夜

wǒ我

men们

quán全

jiā家

yì一

qǐ起

chī吃

nián年

yè夜

fàn饭

。

On New Year's Eve, our whole family eats the reunion dinner together.

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Same Sound

Characters pronounced "xi".

兮xīexclamatory particle
汐xīnight tides, evening ebb tide
檄xícall arms; urgency
嘻xīmirthful, happy; interjection
蜥xīlizard
徙xǐto move, to change one's residence

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Characters with radical "夕".

舜shùnlegendary ruler
夜yènight; night-time; evening
多duōmuch/many; how [+adjective]
外wàioutside
够gòuenough
舞wǔto dance; to move rhythmically

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