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西

HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. the West
  2. 2. Spanish
  3. 3. west

Example Sentences

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別邊吃東 西 邊說話!
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Words Containing 西

西米
xī mǐ

sago

根西岛
gēn xī dǎo

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

西红脚隼
xī hóng jiǎo sǔn

(bird species of China) red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus)

奥西娜斯
ào xī nuó sī

Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology

西平县
xī píng xiàn

Xiping county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[zhù mǎ diàn], Henan

西芹
xī qín

celery

南西诸岛
nán xī zhū dǎo

Ryukyu Islands

肥西县
féi xī xiàn

Feixi county in Hefei 合肥[hé féi], Anhui

东躲西闪
dōng duǒ xī shǎn

to dodge about

墨西哥卷饼
mò xī gē juǎn bǐng

taco

普西
pǔ xī

psi (Greek letter Ψψ)

不是东西
bù shì dōng xi

(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing

西门豹
xī mén bào

Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[wèi guó]

西北航空公司
xī běi háng kōng gōng sī

Northwest Airlines

后西游记
hòu xī yóu jì

one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

杰西·欧文斯
jié xī · ōu wén sī

Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete

西沉
xī chén

(of the sun) to set

锦西
jǐn xī

Jinxi town, now part of Nanpiao district 南票[nán piào] of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[hú lú dǎo shì], Liaoning

西塞山区
xī sài shān qū

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

西来庵
xī lái ān

Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan)

西属撒哈拉
xī shǔ sā hā lā

Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)

西洋景
xī yáng jǐng

see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xī yáng jìng]

西盟佤族自治县
xī méng wǎ zú zì zhì xiàn

Ximeng Va Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

西洛赛宾
xī luò sài bīn

psilocybin

西港
xī gǎng

West Harbor

艾扑西龙
ài pū xī lóng

epsilon (Greek letter Εε)

安西
ān xī

Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[guā zhōu xiàn] in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu

西塞罗
xī sāi luó

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), famous Roman politician, orator and philosopher, murdered at the orders of Marc Anthony

西安市
xī ān shì

Xi’an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[shǎn xī shěng] in northwest China

涧西
jiàn xī

Jianxi district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南

广西壮族自治区
guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū

until 1959, Guangxi province

西北方
xī běi fāng

northwest

西皮
xī pí

one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera

锦西县
jǐn xī xiàn

former Jinxi county, now part of Nanpiao district 南票[nán piào] of Huludao city 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[hú lú dǎo shì], Liaoning

达芬西
dá fēn xī

see 達·芬奇|达·芬奇[dá · fēn qí]

西安
xī ān

Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[shǎn xī shěng] in northwest China

西秀
xī xiù

Xixiu district of Anshun city 安順市|安顺市[ān shùn shì], Guizhou

瓦西里耶维奇
wǎ xī lǐ yē wéi qí

Vasilievich (name)

东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn

to gossip (idiom)

华西柳莺
huá xī liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) alpine leaf warbler (Phylloscopus occisinensis)

陕西师范大学
shǎn xī shī fàn dà xué

Shaanxi Normal University

定西市
dìng xī shì

Dingxi prefecture-level city in Gansu

西单
xī dān

Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing

西湖区
xī hú qū

West lake district (place name)

中国西北边陲
zhōng guó xī běi biān chuí

border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)

维西县
wéi xī xiàn

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

西装
xī zhuāng

suit

西甲
xī jiǎ

La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system

西凉
xī liáng

Western Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421)

国立西南联合大学
guó lì xī nán lián hé dà xué

National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile in Kunming 1937-1945)

瓦德西
wǎ dé xī

Waldersee (name)

斯塔西
sī tǎ xī

Stacy (name)

偏西
piān xī

inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)

路西法
lù xī fǎ

Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)

西方极乐世界
xī fāng jí lè shì jiè

Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit)

西康省
xī kāng shěng

western Kham

郧西
yún xī

Yunxi county in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei

西乃
xī nǎi

Sinai

河西堡镇
hé xī pǔ zhèn

Hexipu town in Yongchang county 永昌縣|永昌县[yǒng chāng xiàn], Jinchang 金昌[jīn chāng], Gansu

东西
dōng xi

thing

默西河
mò xī hé

Mersey River, through Liverpool

西洋杉
xī yáng shān

cedar

西柚
xī yòu

grapefruit

岳西县
yuè xī xiàn

Yuexi county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[ān qìng], Anhui

西施
xī shī

Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[gōu jiàn] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu

东鳞西爪
dōng lín xī zhǎo

lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west

潞西市
lù xī shì

Luxi city in Yunnan, capital of Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州 in west Yunnan

何西阿书
hé xī ā shū

Book of Hosea

西安交通大学
xī ān jiāo tōng dà xué

Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU)

特古西加尔巴
tè gǔ xī jiā ěr bā

Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras

阿列克西斯
ā liè kè xī sī

Alexis (name)

潞西
lù xī

Luxi city in Yunnan, capital of Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州 in west Yunnan

西充
xī chōng

Xichong county in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan

杰西卡·艾尔芭
jié xī kǎ · ài ěr bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

临西
lín xī

Linxi county in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

两样东西
liǎng yàng dōng xi

two distinct things

西文
xī wén

Spanish

阿比西尼亚官话
ā bǐ xī ní yà guān huà

Amharic (language)

欧纳西斯
ōu nà xī sī

see 奧納西斯|奥纳西斯[ào nà xī sī]

台西
tái xī

Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

向西南
xiàng xī nán

southwestward

西西里
xī xī lǐ

Sicily

西北工业大学
xī běi gōng yè dà xué

Northwestern Polytechnical University

西班牙语
xī bān yá yǔ

Spanish language

上西天
shàng xī tiān

(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise

关西
guān xī

Kansai region, Japan

西王母
xī wáng mǔ

Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality

柯西
kē xī

Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician

梅西
méi xī

Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer

西沙
xī shā

see 西沙群島|西沙群岛[xī shā qún dǎo]

定西
dìng xī

Dingxi prefecture-level city in Gansu

新墨西哥州
xīn mò xī gē zhōu

New Mexico, US state

西陵峡
xī líng xiá

Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[sān xiá]

中西合璧
zhōng xī hé bì

harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

格恩西岛
gé ēn xī dǎo

Guernsey (Channel Islands)

歌罗西书
gē luó xī shū

Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians

西边
xī biān

west

卡西欧
kǎ xī ōu

Casio

加利西亚
jiā lì xī yà

Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain

彻西
chè xī

Chelsea, suburb of London

西南
xī nán

southwest

西屿
xī yǔ

Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

迪戈·加西亚岛
dí gē · jiā xī yà dǎo

Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島|查戈斯群岛[chá gē sī qún dǎo]

卡西尼
kǎ xī ní

Cassini (proper name)

西洋
xī yáng

the West (Europe and North America)

揭西县
jiē xī xiàn

Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong

西双版纳州
xī shuāng bǎn nà zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan 雲南|云南[yún nán]

西黄鹡鸰
xī huáng jí líng

(bird species of China) western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)

陇西
lǒng xī

Longxi county in Dingxi 定西[dìng xī], Gansu

陆西星
lù xī xīng

Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[fēng shén yǎn yì] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[xǔ zhòng lín]

西元
xī yuán

Gregorian calendar

海西州
hǎi xī zhōu

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai

范特西
fàn tè xī

fantasy (loanword)

卡西莫夫
kǎ xī mò fū

Kasimov (town in Russia)

西乌珠穆沁旗
xī wū zhū mù qìn qí

West Ujimqin banner or Baruun Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia

西屿乡
xī yǔ xiāng

Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

新泽西
xīn zé xī

New Jersey, US state

西半球
xī bàn qiú

Western Hemisphere

台西乡
tái xī xiāng

Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

西领角鸮
xī lǐng jiǎo xiāo

(bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia)

耀西
yào xī

Yoshi (Nintendo video game character)

三十年河东,三十年河西
sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī

the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)

西番雅书
xī fān yǎ shū

Book of Zephaniah

东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

西康
xī kāng

historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an 雅安[yǎ ān]

西丰县
xī fēng xiàn

Xifeng county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning

西萨摩亚
xī sà mó yà

Western Samoa

密克罗尼西亚
mì kè luó ní xī yà

Micronesia

西洋参
xī yáng shēn

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

辽西
liáo xī

west of Liaoning

西乃山
xī nǎi shān

Mount Sinai

城西区
chéng xī qū

west city district

西汉
xī hàn

Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[qián hàn], Former Han Dynasty

西山区
xī shān qū

Xishan district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

西固区
xī gù qū

Xigu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu

盘尼西林
pán ní xī lín

penicillin (loanword)

西沙群岛
xī shā qún dǎo

Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea

新墨西哥
xīn mò xī gē

New Mexico, US state

驾鹤西游
jià hè xī yóu

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jià hè xī qù]

东南西北
dōng nán xī běi

east, south, west and north

西楼梦
xī lóu mèng

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令

河西
hé xī

land west of the Yellow river

桥西
qiáo xī

Qiaoxi District (various)

西青
xī qīng

Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

李卜克内西
lǐ bo kè nèi xī

Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD

西夏区
xī xià qū

Xixia district of Yinchuan city 銀川市|银川市[yín chuān shì], Ningxia

铁西区
tiě xī qū

Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

声东击西
shēng dōng jī xī

to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom)

阿莫西林
ā mò xī lín

amoxicillin (loanword)

法兰西斯·斐迪南
fǎ lán xī sī · fěi dí nán

Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I

洁西卡
jié xī kǎ

Jessica (name)

东一榔头西一棒子
dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zi

banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

玛拿西
mǎ ná xī

Manasseh (son of Hezekiah)

墨西哥湾
mò xī gē wān

Gulf of Mexico

西门町
xī mén dīng

Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)

西奈山
xī nài shān

Mount Sinai

帕西
pà xī

Parsi

西屯区
xī tún qū

Xitun District of Taichung, Taiwan

巴伦西亚
bā lún xī yà

Valencia, Spain

墨西哥
mò xī gē

Mexico

西历
xī lì

Gregorian calendar

尤利西斯
yóu lì xī sī

Ulysses (novel)

西印度
xī yìn dù

West Indies (i.e. the Caribbean)

西南栗耳凤鹛
xī nán lì ěr fèng méi

(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)

西部片
xī bù piàn

Western (film)

西端
xī duān

western extremity

墨西哥城
mò xī gē chéng

Mexico City, capital of Mexico

阿不来提·阿不都热西提
ā bù lái tí · ā bù dū rè xī tí

Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

西青区
xī qīng qū

Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

西服
xī fú

suit

西域记
xī yù jì

Report of the regions west of Great Tang

西药
xī yào

Western medicine

乌西亚
wū xī yà

Uzziah (son of Joram)

西斯塔尼
xī sī tǎ ní

Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah)

中西区
zhōng xī qū

Central and Western district of Hong Kong

西班牙港
xī bān yá gǎng

Port-of-Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago

西晋
xī jìn

Western Jin dynasty (265-316)

派翠西亚
pài cuì xī yà

Patricia

西峡县
xī xiá xiàn

Xixia county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan

湖西乡
hú xī xiāng

Huhsi township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

路西弗
lù xī fú

Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)

布林迪西
bù lín dí xī

Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy

东西南北
dōng xī nán běi

east west south north

泸西县
lú xī xiàn

Luxi county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan

西万尼
xī wàn ní

Silvaner (grape type)

西螺
xī luó

Xiluo or Hsilo town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

西直门
xī zhí mén

Xizhimen neighborhood of Beijing

东西宽
dōng xī kuān

east-west distance

法西斯
fǎ xī sī

fascist (loanword)

迁西县
qiān xī xiàn

Qianxi county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

西海
xī hǎi

Yellow Sea (Korean term)

驾鹤西归
jià hè xī guī

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jià hè xī qù]

纳西族
nà xī zú

Nakhi ethnic group in Yunnan

法兰西体育场
fǎ lán xī tǐ yù chǎng

Stade de France

海西蒙古族藏族自治州
hǎi xī měng gǔ zú zàng zú zì zhì zhōu

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai

东西湖
dōng xī hú

Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

东西方
dōng xī fāng

east and west

汤姆·克兰西
tāng mǔ · kè lán xī

Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author

露西
lù xī

Lucy

墨西拿海峡
mò xī ná hǎi xiá

Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily

西格玛
xī gé mǎ

sigma (Greek letter Σσ)

摩西五经
mó xī wǔ jīng

the Pentateuch

西语
xī yǔ

western language

墨西哥辣椒
mò xī gē là jiāo

jalapeño

西方狍
xī fāng páo

roe deer

马克西米连
mǎ kè xī mǐ lián

Maximilian or Maximilien (name)

拉美西斯
lā měi xī sī

Rameses (name of pharaoh)

西南亚
xī nán yà

southwest Asia

西门子
xī mén zǐ

Siemens (company name)

说东道西
shuō dōng dào xī

to chat about this and that

西北大学
xī běi dà xué

Northwest University

西弗吉尼亚
xī fú jí ní yà

West Virginia, US state

西乡塘
xī xiāng táng

Xixiangtang District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[nán níng shì], Guangxi

西林县
xī lín xiàn

Xilin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

要西了
yào xī le

(coll.) unbearable (Shanghainese)

西征
xī zhēng

punitive expedition to the west

东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)

切尔西
qiè ěr xī

Chelsea

法兰西斯
fǎ lán xī sī

Francis (name)

客西马尼园
kè xī mǎ ní yuán

Garden of Gethsemane

珀西·比希·雪莱
pò xī · bǐ xī · xuě lái

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English Romantic poet

西北部
xī běi bù

northwest part

西丰
xī fēng

Xifeng county in Tieling 鐵嶺|铁岭[tiě lǐng], Liaoning

图西族
tú xī zú

Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi

西岳
xī yuè

Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[wǔ yuè]

丽江纳西族自治县
lì jiāng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn

Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan

西撒哈拉
xī sā hā lā

Western Sahara

杰西卡
jié xī kǎ

Jessica (name)

西拉雅族
xī lā yǎ zú

Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

西和
xī hé

Xihe county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[lǒng nán], Gansu

东西方文化
dōng xī fāng wén huà

Eastern and Western culture

西地那非
xī dì nà fēi

sildenafil (virility drug) (loanword)

维西傈僳族自治县
wéi xī lì sù zú zì zhì xiàn

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan

管东管西
guǎn dōng guǎn xī

to micromanage

东张西望
dōng zhāng xī wàng

to look in all directions (idiom)

鸡西
jī xī

Jixi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

西湖乡
xī hú xiāng

Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[miáo lì xiàn], northwest Taiwan

拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient

西松建设
xī sōng jiàn shè

Nishimatsu Construction Co.

法兰西斯·培根
fǎ lán xī sī · péi gēn

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist

线西乡
xiàn xī xiāng

Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

东征西怨
dōng zhēng xī yuàn

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

可可西里
kě kě xī lǐ

Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[qīng zàng gāo yuán]

西米德兰兹
xī mǐ dé lán zī

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

庇西特拉图
bì xī tè lā tú

Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC

圣卢西亚
shèng lú xī yà

Saint Lucia

河西堡
hé xī pù

Hexipu town in Yongchang county 永昌縣|永昌县[yǒng chāng xiàn], Jinchang 金昌[jīn chāng], Gansu

西红柿
xī hóng shì

tomato

德彪西
dé biāo xī

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer

大西洋国
dà xī yáng guó

Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty

西西里岛
xī xī lǐ dǎo

Sicily

西平
xī píng

Xiping county in Zhumadian 駐馬店|驻马店[zhù mǎ diàn], Henan

西塞山
xī sài shān

Xisaishan district of Huangshi city 黃石市|黄石市[huáng shí shì], Hubei

波利尼西亚
bō lì ní xī yà

Polynesia

甲氧西林
jiǎ yǎng xī lín

methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)

大西洋中脊
dà xī yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

西德尼
xī dé ní

Sidney or Sydney (name)

西学
xī xué

Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing)

亚西尔·阿拉法特
yà xī ěr · ā lā fǎ tè

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat

巴西利亚
bā xī lì yà

Brasilia, capital of Brazil

西宁
xī níng

Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省[qīng hǎi shěng] in west China

西里尔字母
xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ

Cyrillic alphabet

西装革履
xī zhuāng gé lǚ

dressed in Western-style clothes

西科尔斯基
xī kē ěr sī jī

Sikorski (name)

东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily

西乡县
xī xiāng xiàn

Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi

西充县
xī chōng xiàn

Xichong county in Nanchong 南充[nán chōng], Sichuan

西面
xī miàn

west side

西红角鸮
xī hóng jiǎo xiāo

(bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

宾西法尼亚
bīn xī fǎ ní yà

Pennsylvania

巴西战舞
bā xī zhàn wǔ

capoeira

买东西
mǎi dōng xi

to do one's shopping

印度尼西亚语
yìn dù ní xī yà yǔ

Indonesian language

西斯廷
xī sī tíng

Sistine (Chapel)

墨西哥人
mò xī gē rén

Mexican

西固
xī gù

Xigu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu

西餐
xī cān

Western-style food

西游记
xī yóu jì

\Journey to the West\, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩[wú chéng ēn], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, also called \Pilgrimage to the West\ or \Monkey\",2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 157078,110703,Western Liao

西方马脑炎病毒
xī fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus

各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī

to go separate ways (idiom)

鸡西市
jī xī shì

Jixi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

西南交通大学
xī nán jiāo tōng dà xué

Southwest Jiaotong University

西藏毛腿沙鸡
xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī

(bird species of China) Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus)

西峡
xī xiá

Xixia county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[nán yáng], Henan

纳西
nà xī

Nakhi (ethnic group)

太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)

大西洋
dà xī yáng

Atlantic Ocean

西元前
xī yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era)

马来西亚语
mǎ lái xī yà yǔ

Malaysian (language)

以西结书
yǐ xī jié shū

Book of Ezekiel

沙西米
shā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

尼科西亚
ní kē xī yà

Nicosia, capital of Cyprus

阳西县
yáng xī xiàn

Yangxi county in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[yáng jiāng], Guangdong

西拉
xī lā

Syrah (grape type)

三件套式西装
sān jiàn tào shì xī zhuāng

three-piece suit

西域
xī yù

Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[yù mén guān])

西南大学
xī nán dà xué

Southwest University (Chongqing)

东掩西遮
dōng yǎn xī zhē

to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

西秀区
xī xiù qū

Xixiu district of Anshun city 安順市|安顺市[ān shùn shì], Guizhou

马来西亚
mǎ lái xī yà

Malaysia

西藏
xī zàng

Tibet

洛克西德
luò kè xī dé

Lockheed (US aerospace company)

西北农林科技大学
xī běi nóng lín kē jì dà xué

Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University

马来西亚人
mǎ lái xī yà rén

Malaysian person or people

西双版纳
xī shuāng bǎn nà

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan

西侧
xī cè

west side; west face

广西
guǎng xī

until 1959, Guangxi province

西鲱
xī fēi

allis shad (Alosa alosa)

迁西
qiān xī

Qianxi county in Tangshan 唐山[táng shān], Hebei

西米露
xī mǐ lù

tapioca pudding

圣卢西亚岛
shèng lú xī yà dǎo

Saint Lucia

新西兰
xīn xī lán

New Zealand

北大西洋
běi dà xī yáng

North Atlantic

西陵
xī líng

Xiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[yí chāng shì], Hubei

兰西
lán xī

Langxi county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

西华县
xī huá xiàn

Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan

西西弗斯
xī xī fú sī

Sisyphus

西班牙文
xī bān yá wén

Spanish (language)

关西镇
guān xī zhèn

Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[xīn zhú xiàn], northwest Taiwan

西子
xī zǐ

another name for Xishi 西施[xī shī]

博伊西
bó yī xī

Boise, Idaho

西非
xī fēi

West Africa

西盟县
xī méng xiàn

Ximeng Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

客西马尼花园
kè xī mǎ ní huā yuán

Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)

泰西大儒
tài xī dà rú

Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)

西华
xī huá

Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口[zhōu kǒu], Henan

苏拉威西
sū lā wēi xī

Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)

跨鹤西游
kuà hè xī yóu

to die

西鹌鹑
xī ān chún

(bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

坏东西
huài dōng xi

bastard

法兰西
fǎ lán xī

France

西弗吉尼亚州
xī fú jí ní yà zhōu

West Virginia, US state

玉龙纳西族自治县
yù lóng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn

Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan

河西区
hé xī qū

Hexi district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]

吡拉西坦
bǐ lā xī tǎn

piracetam (loanword)

靖西
jìng xī

Jingxi county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

大西洋洋中脊
dà xī yáng yáng zhōng jǐ

Atlantic mid-ocean ridge

莱西市
lái xī shì

Laixi, county-level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛, Shandong

密西西比州
mì xī xī bǐ zhōu

Mississippi, US state

西医
xī yī

Western medicine

西游补
xī yóu bǔ

one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

西安电子科技大学
xī ān diàn zǐ kē jì dà xué

Xidian University

黔西南布依族苗族自治州
qián xī nán bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture in Guizhou, capital Xingyi city 興義市|兴义市

田纳西
tián nà xī

Tennessee

驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù

lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise

西葫芦
xī hú lu

zucchini

劳拉西泮
láo lā xī pàn

lorazepam

西艺
xī yì

Western skills

中西
zhōng xī

China and the West

金乌西坠,玉兔东升
jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng

fig. at sunset

西秦
xī qín

Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431)

中西医结合
zhōng xī yī jié hé

to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine

梅西耶
méi xī yē

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

阿西吧
ā xī ba

aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)

法西斯主义
fǎ xī sī zhǔ yì

fascism

印度尼西亚
yìn dù ní xī yà

Indonesia

西方
xī fāng

the West

希西家
xī xī jiā

Hezekiah or Ezekias (740-687 BC), twelfth king of Judah (Judaism)

楠西
nán xī

Nanhsi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan

岳西
yuè xī

Yuexi county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[ān qìng], Anhui

宇普西龙
yǔ pǔ xī lóng

upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)

西耶那
xī yē nà

Fiat Siena

东西湖区
dōng xī hú qū

Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

伊普西隆
yī pǔ xī lóng

epsilon (Greek letter Εε)

陕西科技大学
shǎn xī kē jì dà xué

Shaanxi University of Science and Technology

湖西
hú xī

Huhsi township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[péng hú xiàn] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan

西打
xī dá

cider (loanword)

大西庇阿
dà xī bì ā

Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman

耶西
yē xī

Jesse (son of Obed)

西里西亚
xī lǐ xī yà

Silesia

桥西区
qiáo xī qū

Qiaoxi District (various)

东瞧西瞅
dōng qiáo xī chǒu

see 東張西望|东张西望[dōng zhāng xī wàng]

阿比西尼亚
ā bǐ xī ní yà

Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia

新西伯利亚
xīn xī bó lì yà

Novosibirsk (city in Russia)

向西
xiàng xī

westward

归西
guī xī

to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)

巴西
bā xī

Brazil

苏西洛
sū xī luò

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949-), retired Indonesian general, president of the Republic of Indonesia 2004-2014

西德
xī dé

West Germany

西子捧心
xī zǐ pěng xīn

lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)

田纳西州
tián nà xī zhōu

Tennessee

西蒙·舒斯特
xī měng · shū sī tè

Simon and Schuster, US publisher

西洋棋
xī yáng qí

chess

西坡拉
xī pō lā

Zipporah, wife of Moses

河西走廊
hé xī zǒu láng

Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road

线西
xiàn xī

Xianxi or Hsienhsi Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan

卡波西氏肉瘤
kǎ bō xī shì ròu liú

Kaposi's sarcoma

西方人
xī fāng rén

Westerner

东南西北中
dōng nán xī běi zhōng

the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle

科西嘉岛
kē xī jiā dǎo

Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)

西楼记
xī lóu jì

Qing dynasty novel the Western Chamber by Yuan Yuling 袁于令[yuán yú lìng]

西北
xī běi

Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)

瓦西里
wǎ xī lǐ

Vasily (name)

佩洛西
pèi luò xī

Nancy Pelosi (1940-), US Democrat politician from California, speaker of US House of Representatives 2007-2011 and 2019-

一命归西
yī mìng guī xī

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

西乡塘区
xī xiāng táng qū

Xixiangtang District of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[nán níng shì], Guangxi

加德西
jiā dé xī

Gardasil (HPV vaccine)

西方松鸡
xī fāng sōng jī

(bird species of China) western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

西孟加拉邦
xī mèng jiā lā bāng

West Bengal

摩西
mó xī

Moses

新西伯利亚市
xīn xī bó lì yà shì

Novosibirsk, city in Russia

圣多美和普林西比
shèng duō měi hé pǔ lín xī bǐ

São Tomé and Príncipe

西斯汀
xī sī tīng

Sistine (Chapel)

中体西用
zhōng tǐ xī yòng

adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core

安西县
ān xī xiàn

Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[guā zhōu xiàn] in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu

西兰花
xī lán huā

broccoli

林西县
lín xī xiàn

Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

西雅图
xī yǎ tú

Seattle, Washington State

西经
xī jīng

west longitude

西吉
xī jí

Xiji county in Guyuan 固原[gù yuán], Ningxia

奥纳西斯
ào nà xī sī

Onassis (name)

一东一西
yī dōng yī xī

far apart

西洋菜
xī yáng cài

watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

东讨西征
dōng tǎo xī zhēng

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

西太平洋
xī tài píng yáng

the western Pacific Ocean

泽西
zé xī

Jersey (Channel Islands)

肥西
féi xī

Feixi county in Hefei 合肥[hé féi], Anhui

涧西区
jiàn xī qū

Jianxi district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南

西门子公司
xī mén zǐ gōng sī

Siemens AG

西厢记
xī xiāng jì

Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫|王实甫[wáng shí fǔ]

西夏
xī xià

Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols

大唐西域记
dà táng xī yù jì

Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘[xuán zàng], compiled by 辯機|辩机[biàn jī] in 646

中西部
zhōng xī bù

midwest

西施犬
xī shī quǎn

shih tzu (dog breed)

西奈半岛
xī nài bàn dǎo

Sinai Peninsula

中西合并
zhōng xī hé bìng

Chinese-Western fusion

弗兰西斯·培根
fú lán xī sī · péi gēn

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist

密西西比
mì xī xī bǐ

Mississippi

西周
xī zhōu

Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)

美拉尼西亚
měi lā ní xī yà

Melanesia

中大西洋脊
zhōng dà xī yáng jǐ

mid-Atlantic ridge

定西地区
dìng xī dì qū

Dingxi prefecture in Gansu

墨西拿
mò xī ná

Messina, Sicilian city

阿西莫夫
ā xī mò fū

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist

西南冠纹柳莺
xī nán guān wén liǔ yīng

(bird species of China) Blyth's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides)

华西
huá xī

West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)

泸西
lú xī

Luxi county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan

西洋镜
xī yáng jìng

(fig.) hanky-panky

西市区
xī shì qū

Xishi District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[yíng kǒu shì], Liaoning

地西泮
dì xī pàn

diazepam (loanword)

汾西
fén xī

Fenxi county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi

西松
xī sōng

see 西松建設|西松建设[xī sōng jiàn shè]

西城区
xī chéng qū

Xicheng district of central Beijing

西奈
xī nài

Sinai Peninsula

西哈努克
xī hā nǔ kè

(King) Sihanouk (of Cambodia)

汾西县
fén xī xiàn

Fenxi county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi

西安事变
xī ān shì biàn

Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí])

默西亚
mò xī yà

the Messiah

续西游记
xù xī yóu jì

one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

西欧
xī ōu

Western Europe

赞西佩
zàn xī pèi

Xanthippe, Socrates' wife

东征西讨
dōng zhēng xī tǎo

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

西湖
xī hú

Xihu or West lake (place name)

西洋人
xī yáng rén

Westerner

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
lù yì sī · yī nà xī ào · lú lā · dá xí ěr wǎ

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil

西贡
xī gòng

Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam

西部
xī bù

western part

海西
hǎi xī

Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai

铁西
tiě xī

Tiexi district of Siping city 四平市, Jilin

西江
xī jiāng

Xijiang River

越西
yuè xī

Yuexi county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

东方不亮西方亮
dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng

if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)

西顿
xī dùn

Sidon (Lebanon)

歌罗西
gē luó xī

Colossia

西吉县
xī jí xiàn

Xiji county in Guyuan 固原[gù yuán], Ningxia

西墙
xī qiáng

Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)

西伯利亚
xī bó lì yà

Siberia

兰西县
lán xī xiàn

Langxi county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

黔西县
qián xī xiàn

Qianxi county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

西畴
xī chóu

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

亚达薛西
yà dá xuē xī

Artaxerxes

塔拉哈西
tǎ lā hā xī

Tallahassee, capital of Florida

西格蒙德
xī gé mēng dé

Sigmund (name)

莱西
lái xī

Laixi, county-level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛, Shandong

西戎
xī róng

the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards

西岗区
xī gǎng qū

Xigang district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[dà lián shì], Liaoning

湘西
xiāng xī

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]

西螺镇
xī luó zhèn

Xiluo or Hsilo town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan

西澳大利亚
xī ào dà lì yà

Western Australia, Australian state

阳西
yáng xī

Yangxi county in Yangjiang 陽江|阳江[yáng jiāng], Guangdong

西奇
xī qí

sygyt (overtone singing)

西欧联盟
xī ōu lián méng

Western European Union (WEU)

西格马
xī gé mǎ

sigma (Greek letter Σσ)

西里尔
xī lǐ ěr

Cyril (name)

杰西
jié xī

Jesse (name)

哈普西科德
hā pǔ xī kē dé

harpsichord

西峰区
xī fēng qū

Xifeng district of Qingyang city 慶陽市|庆阳市[qìng yáng shì], Gansu

西点
xī diǎn

West Point, US military academy in New York

撒西米
sā xī mǐ

sashimi (loanword)

玻利尼西亚
bō lì ní xī yà

Polynesia

西双版纳傣族自治州
xī shuāng bǎn nà dǎi zú zì zhì zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan 雲南|云南[yún nán]

西番莲
xī fān lián

passion flower

西式
xī shì

Western style

东西德
dōng xī dé

East and West Germany

拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng

lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)

中西医
zhōng xī yī

Chinese and Western medicine

西班牙人
xī bān yá rén

Spaniard

西昌
xī chāng

Xichang cosmodrome

日落西山
rì luò xī shān

the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end

陕西大地震
shǎn xī dà dì zhèn

the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people

西安区
xī ān qū

Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市[liáo yuán shì], Jilin

东拼西凑
dōng pīn xī còu

(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā

to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)

卡西米尔效应
kǎ xī mǐ ěr xiào yìng

Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)

西畴县
xī chóu xiàn

Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[wén shān zhuàng zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

西宁市
xī níng shì

Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省[qīng hǎi shěng] in west China

阿比西尼亚人
ā bǐ xī ní yà rén

Abyssinian (person)

湘西土家族苗族自治州
xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Hunan, capital Jishou 吉首[jí shǒu]

摩西的律法
mó xī de lǜ fǎ

Mosaic Law

山西兽
shān xī shòu

Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)

陇西县
lǒng xī xiàn

Longxi county in Dingxi 定西[dìng xī], Gansu

史黛西
shǐ dài xī

Stacy (name)

东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě

to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently

泽西岛
zé xī dǎo

Jersey (Channel Islands)

西林区
xī lín qū

Xilin district of Yichun city 伊春市[yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang

东风压倒西风
dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng

lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)

西澳大利亚州
xī ào dà lì yà zhōu

Western Australia, Australian state

东西半球
dōng xī bàn qiú

East and West hemispheres

西工区
xī gōng qū

Xigong district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市 in Henan province 河南

密西西比河
mì xī xī bǐ hé

Mississippi River

黔西
qián xī

Qianxi county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

西米德兰兹郡
xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn

West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[bó míng hàn]

西陵区
xī líng qū

Xiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[yí chāng shì], Hubei

西花厅
xī huā tīng

Xihuating pavilion on west side on Zhongnanhai, home to 周恩來|周恩来

弗兰西斯
fú lán xī sī

Francis (name)

西安外国语大学
xī ān wài guó yǔ dà xué

Xi'an International Studies University (XISU)

西乡
xī xiāng

Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[hàn zhōng], Shaanxi

山西大学
shān xī dà xué

Shanxi University

西和县
xī hé xiàn

Xihe county in Longnan 隴南|陇南[lǒng nán], Gansu

洁西卡·艾芭
jié xī kǎ · ài bā

Jessica Alba, American actress

西门庆
xī mén qìng

Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels \Jin Ping Mei\ 金瓶梅[jīn píng méi] and \Water Margin\ 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn]

靖西县
jìng xī xiàn

Jingxi county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

临西县
lín xī xiàn

Linxi County in Xingtai 邢台[xíng tái], Hebei

梅西叶星表
méi xī yè xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

林西
lín xī

Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

西爪哇
xī zhǎo wā

West Java, province of Indonesia

郧西县
yún xī xiàn

Yunxi county in Shiyan 十堰[shí yàn], Hubei

西敏
xī mǐn

Westminster, a London borough

摩西律法
mó xī lǜ fǎ

law of Moses

克西
kè xī

xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)

北大西洋公约组织
běi dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī

North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

加西亚
jiā xī yà

Garcia (person name)

大西国
dà xī guó

Atlantis

抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌
kàng nài jiǎ yǎng xī lín jīn pú jūn

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

西藏人
xī zàng rén

Tibetan (person)

巴贝西亚原虫病
bā bèi xī yà yuán chóng bìng

babesiosis

西辽
xī liáo
班克西
bān kè xī

Banksy (British street artist)

哈西纳
hā xī nà

Ms Sheikh Hasina (1947-), Bangladesh politician, prime minister 1996-2001 and from 2009

东西周
dōng xī zhōu

Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)

新泽西州
xīn zé xī zhōu

New Jersey, US state

东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū

lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)

西藏獒犬
xī zàng áo quǎn

Tibetan mastiff

西方滨鹬
xī fāng bīn yù

(bird species of China) western sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

西班牙
xī bān yá

Spain

西南中沙群岛
xī nán zhōng shā qún dǎo

Xinanzhongsha islands, Hainan

法属波利尼西亚
fǎ shǔ bō lì ní xī yà

French Polynesia

西伯利亚银鸥
xī bó lì yà yín ōu

(bird species of China) Vega gull (Larus vegae)

呋喃西林
fū nán xī lín

furacilinum (loanword)

夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià

the sun sets in the west (idiom)

西魏
xī wèi

Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

西天
xī tiān

the Western Paradise (Buddhism)

圣荷西
shèng hé xī

San Jose

西南部
xī nán bù

southwest part

广西省
guǎng xī shěng

Guangxi Province, officially (since 1958) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng]

约西亚
yuē xī yà

Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism)

华西村
huá xī cūn

Huaxi Village in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[jiāng sū shěng]

梅西耶星表
méi xī yē xīng biǎo

Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)

西亚
xī yà

Southwest Asia

西双版纳粗榧
xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěi

Cephalotaxus mannii (botany)

越西县
yuè xī xiàn

Yuexi county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

西林
xī lín

Xilin county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

波西米亚
bō xī mǐ yà

Bohemia, historical country of central Europe

西藏百万农奴解放纪念日
xī zàng bǎi wàn nóng nú jiě fàng jì niàn rì

Serf Liberation Day (PRC)

斯泰西
sī tài xī

Stacy (name)

西瓜
xī guā

watermelon

川西
chuān xī

Western Sichuan

西昌市
xī chāng shì

Xichang, county-level city in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[liáng shān yí zú zì zhì zhōu], south Sichuan

东西
dōng xī

east and west

玉普西隆
yù pǔ xī lóng

upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)

瑞德西韦
ruì dé xī wéi

remdesivir (antiviral medication) (loanword)

西方秧鸡
xī fāng yāng jī

(bird species of China) water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

梅西叶
méi xī yè

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

西峰
xī fēng

Western peak

西塔
xī tǎ

theta (Greek letter Θθ)

揭西
jiē xī

Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong

西西
xī xī

cubic centimeter (cc) (loanword)

穆尔西
mù ěr xī

Morsi, Mursi or Morsy (name)