西

xī

the West

abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish; west

a picture of 西 → a bird settling into its nest at sunset

The original image shows a bird descending into its nest as the sun sets in the west. Just as 東 evokes the east through sunrise imagery, 西 captures the west through the bird returning home at dusk.

兀+囗→西

请往西走,就能看到那条河。

qǐng wǎng xī zǒu, jiù néng kàn dào nà tiáo hé.

Please walk west and you will be able to see that river.

太阳从东边升起,从西边落下。

tài yáng cóng dōng biān shēng qǐ, cóng xī biān luò xià.

The sun rises from the east and sets in the west.

Words with 西

西塞罗

xī sài luó

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman, orator and philosopher

台西

tái xī

Taixi or Taihsi township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

海西

hǎi xī

see 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]

苏拉威西

sū lā wēi xī

Sulawesi or Celebes (Indonesian Island)

尤利西斯

yóu lì xī sī

Ulysses (novel)

弗兰西斯

fú lán xī sī

Francis (name)

瓦西里

wǎ xī lǐ

(name) Vasily; Vasiliy

西服

xī fú

suit

西子

xī zǐ

another name for Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1]

西安

xī ān

see 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]

靖西

jìng xī

see 靖西市[Jing4 xi1 Shi4]

西元前

xī yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era)

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