希
xī
to hope
to admire; variant of 稀[xi1]
crossed threads (乂) + cloth (布) = rare fabric, something hoped for
希 originally depicted a loosely woven cloth, suggesting something thin, rare, or scarce — and from scarcity comes longing. The idea of hoping for something flows naturally from wanting what is hard to find.
我希望你能早点回家。
wǒ xī wàng nǐ néng zǎo diǎn huí jiā。
I hope you can come home a bit earlier.
她希望将来能成为一名医生。
tā xī wàng jiāng lái néng chéng wéi yī míng yī shēng。
She hopes to become a doctor in the future.
Words with 希
希拉克
xī lā kè
Jacques Chirac (1932-2019), president of France 1995-2007
希拉里
xī lā lǐ
Hillary (name)
一线希望
yī xiàn xī wàng
a gleam of hope
希腊
xī là
Greece
希伯来文
xī bó lái wén
Hebrew (language)
里希特霍芬
lǐ xī tè huò fēn
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
阿希姆
ā xī mǔ
Askim (city in Østfold, Norway)
陈冠希
chén guān xī
Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor
陈希同
chén xī tóng
Chen Xitong (1930–2013), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th June 1989 Tiananmen incident
伏罗希洛夫
fú luó xī luò fū
Kliment Voroshilov (1881-1969), Soviet politician and military commander
南希
nán xī
Nancy
古希腊
gǔ xī là
ancient Greece