西
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Definitions
- 1. the West
- 2. Spanish
- 3. west
Words Containing 西
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
to look in all directions (idiom)
east and west
thing
Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
southwest
the West
Spanish language
watermelon
tomato
suit
west
western part
Western medicine
Western-style food
see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]
far apart
three-piece suit
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)
(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise
(derog.) to be a good-for-nothing
border area of northwest China (i.e. Xinjiang)
mid-Atlantic ridge
China and the West
Central and Western district of Hong Kong
Chinese-Western fusion
harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
midwest
Chinese and Western medicine
to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
Artaxerxes
Book of Ezekiel
epsilon (Greek letter Εε)
Book of Hosea
Nancy Pelosi (1940-), US Democrat politician from California, speaker of US House of Representatives 2007-2011 and 2019-
inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
Jesse (name)
Jesse Owens (1913-1980), American athlete
Jessica (name)
Jessica Alba, American actress
xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ)
two distinct things
Chelsea
Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
Gardasil (HPV vaccine)
Garcia (person name)
lorazepam
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
Ryukyu Islands
Boise, Idaho
Kaposi's sarcoma
Cassini (proper name)
Casio
Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)
Kasimov (town in Russia)
Indonesia
Indonesian language
Hoh Xil or Kekexili, vast nature reserve on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[qīng zàng gāo yuán]
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Stacy (name)
to go separate ways (idiom)
westward
southwestward
piracetam (loanword)
furacilinum (loanword)
harpsichord
Ms Sheikh Hasina (1947-), Bangladesh politician, prime minister 1996-2001 and from 2009
National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile in Kunming 1937-1945)
Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
diazepam (loanword)
west city district
Tallahassee, capital of Florida
Mexico
Mexican
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
taco
Gulf of Mexico
jalapeño
Messina, Sicilian city
Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily
bastard
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
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
Atlantis
Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty
Atlantic mid-ocean ridge
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
Onassis (name)
Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
upsilon (Greek letter Υυ)
Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[guā zhōu xiàn] in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu
Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[guā zhōu xiàn] in Jiuquan 酒泉[jiǔ quán], Gansu
Dingxi prefecture-level city in Gansu
Dingxi prefecture in Gansu
Dingxi prefecture-level city in Gansu
Garden of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane (in the Christian passion story)
Micronesia
Mississippi
Mississippi, US state
Mississippi River
Ulysses (novel)
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus
Shanxi University
Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)
Yuexi county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[ān qìng], Anhui
Yuexi county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[ān qìng], Anhui
Western Sichuan
Valencia, Spain
Brazil
Brasilia, capital of Brazil
capoeira
babesiosis
Brindisi, port city on southeast heel of Italy
Hezekiah or Ezekias (740-687 BC), twelfth king of Judah (Judaism)
Parsi
Pisistratus (-528 BC), tyrant (ruler) of Athens at different times between 561 BC and 528 BC
until 1959, Guangxi province
until 1959, Guangxi province
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]
Francis (name)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer
Chelsea, suburb of London
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
Rameses (name of pharaoh)
Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Jiexi county in Jieyang 揭陽|揭阳, Guangdong
Moses
the Pentateuch
law of Moses
Mosaic Law
sashimi (loanword)
to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
Stacy (name)
Stacy (name)
New Mexico, US state
New Mexico, US state
New Jersey, US state
New Jersey, US state
Novosibirsk (city in Russia)
Novosibirsk, city in Russia
New Zealand
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
psi (Greek letter Ψψ)
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD
banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision
to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
east, south, west and north
the five directions 五方 east, south, west, north and middle
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
to gossip (idiom)
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom)
see 東張西望|东张西望[dōng zhāng xī wàng]
East and West hemispheres
east west south north
Western Zhou (1045-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC)
east-west distance
East and West Germany
east and west
Eastern and Western culture
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
Dongxihu district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
to dodge about
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom)
lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Linxi County of Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784)
Nanhsi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
Qiaoxi District (various)
Qiaoxi District (various)
Colossia
Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
see 奧納西斯|奥纳西斯[ào nà xī sī]
to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)