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xīn

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Definitions

  1. 1. (of taste) hot or pungent
  2. 2. hard
  3. 3. laborious
  4. 4. suffering
  5. 5. eighth in order
  6. 6. eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  7. 7. letter \H\ or Roman \VIII\ in list \A
  8. 8. B
  9. 9. C\, or \I
  10. 10. II
  11. 11. III\ etc
  12. 12. ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
  13. 13. octa

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 13112072)

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Words Containing 辛

利辛县
lì xīn xiàn

Lixin county in Bozhou 亳州[bó zhōu], Anhui

辛未
xīn wèi

eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051

辛集
xīn jí

Xinji, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

奥斯维辛
ào sī wéi xīn

Auschwitz (concentration camp)

利辛
lì xīn

Lixin county in Bozhou 亳州[bó zhōu], Anhui

阿诺·施瓦辛格
ā nuò · shī wǎ xīn gé

also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[ā nuò dé · shī wǎ xīn gé]

辛辣
xīn là

spicy hot (taste)

茹苦含辛
rú kǔ hán xīn

bitter hardship

辛劳
xīn láo

laborious

备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ

to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)

戴奥辛
dài ào xīn

dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)

细辛
xì xīn

Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)

辛卯
xīn mǎo

twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071

辛亥
xīn hài

forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031

辛辛苦苦
xīn xīn kǔ kǔ

painstakingly

千辛万苦
qiān xīn wàn kǔ

with difficulty

高辛氏
gāo xīn shì

one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾[kù]

奥斯威辛
ào sī wēi xīn

Auschwitz (concentration camp)

辛贝特
xīn bèi tè

Shin Bet (Israel national security service)

辛勤耕耘
xīn qín gēng yún

to make industrious and diligent efforts (idiom)

辛苦
xīn kǔ

exhausting

辛丑
xīn chǒu

thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021

谢辛
xiè xīn

Chea Sim, president of Cambodian National Assembly

荤辛
hūn xīn

very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)

玛克辛
mǎ kè xīn

Maxine (name)

赫尔辛基
hè ěr xīn jī

Helsinki (Swedish Helsingfors), capital of Finland

不辞辛苦
bù cí xīn kǔ

to make nothing of hardships

辛酉
xīn yǒu

fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041

帝辛
dì xīn

Emperor Xin, last ruler of Shang (11th Century BC), famous as a tyrant

秘辛
mì xīn

behind-the-scenes story

辛集市
xīn jí shì

Xinji, county-level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei

易卜拉辛
yì bǔ lā xīn

Ibrahim (name)

辛丑条约
xīn chǒu tiáo yuē

Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising

拉辛
lā xīn

Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist

酸辛
suān xīn

misery

辛烷值
xīn wán zhí

octane rating

辛勤
xīn qín

hardworking

苯那辛
běn nà xīn

benactyzine

辛迪加
xīn dí jiā

syndicate (loanword)

基辛格
jī xīn gé

Henry Kissinger (1923-), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977

辛格
xīn gé

Singh (name)

纣辛
zhòu xīn

Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty

艰辛
jiān xīn

hardships

奉辛比克党
fèng xīn bǐ kè dǎng

Funcinpec (royalist Cambodian political party)

五辛
wǔ xīn

see 五葷|五荤[wǔ hūn]

威斯康辛
wēi sī kāng xīn

Wisconsin

辛伐他汀
xīn fá tā tīng

simvastatin

辛亥革命
xīn hài gé mìng

Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty

辛普森一家
xīn pǔ sēn yī jiā

The Simpsons (US TV series)

辛巳
xīn sì

eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061

圣哈辛托
shèng hā xīn tuō

San Jacinto

奥斯威辛集中营
ào sī wēi xīn jí zhōng yíng

Auschwitz concentration camp

辛奇
xīn qí

kimchi (loanword)

辛辛那提
xīn xīn nà tí

Cincinnati, Ohio

含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ

to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship

兰辛
lán xīn

Lansing, capital of Michigan

辛普森
xīn pǔ sēn

Simpson (name)

辛酸
xīn suān

pungent (taste)