Xi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "xi"

English

The Xi River at Zhaoqing

Pronunciation

Mandarin Chinese proper noun

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/, enPR: shēʹ
• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: she, sidhe
• (hyperforeign) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiː/

Greek letter

• see xi

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西 (Xī).

Alternative forms

• Hsi (Wade–Giles)
• Si

Proper noun

Xi

1. A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
   • [1979, Ronald Francis Price, Education in Modern China‎^[1], Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 93:

     The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east.]

Translations

a river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西江 (sai¹ gong¹)

  Mandarin: 西江 (zh) (Xījiāng)

• Russian: Сицзя́н m or f (Siczján)
• Vietnamese: Tây Giang (vi)

See also

• Xi Hu

Further reading

• chapter XI, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 習／习 (Xí).

Alternative forms

• Hsi (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Xi (plural Xis)

1. A surname from Chinese
   1. Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).
      • 2011 August 17, Jeff Mason, Chris Buckley, “China, U.S. seek to boost confidence as Biden visits”, in Brian Rhoads, Alex Richardson, editors, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 June 2023:

        Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States.

      • 2022 November 5, Philip Sherwell, “We don’t think China will invade Taiwan. But if they do we’ll fight them”, in The Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 November 2022‎^[4]:

        Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage.

Derived terms

• Xiden
• (Xi Jinping): Xiism
• Xitler

Translations

Chinese surname

• Arabic: شِي (šī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 習／习 (zaap⁶)

  Mandarin: 習／习 (zh) (Xí)

• Hungarian: Hszi
• Japanese: 習 (ja) (しゅう, Shū), シー (Shī)
• Korean: 습(習) (ko) (Seup), 시 (ko) (Si)
• Russian: Си (ru) (Si)
• Turkish: Şi
• Vietnamese: Tập (習), Xi

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Xi is the 25620^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 963 individuals. Xi is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (95.57%) individuals.

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隰 (Xī).

Alternative forms

• Hsi (Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Xi

1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
   • 2016, Yanyun Wei, Aiguo Zhang, “The Study on Migration and Poverty Alleviation Planning of Daning County”, in Open Journal of Social Sciences‎^[5], volume 4, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Daning County is located in the south of Luliang Mountain and west of Linfen City in Shanxi Province. Pu County and Xi County are to the east of Daning County,[...]

   • 2016 April 18, “Pear flower festival opens in Linfen city”, in China Daily‎^[6], archived from the original on November 14, 2019‎^[7]:

     The one-week pear flower festival kicked off on April 15 at the Xi county of Linfen city, North China's Shanxi province, with various theme activities to be held, including a product display, a tourism promotion, performances, intangible cultural heritages shows, and a photography contest. Xi county has won a reputation as the Home of Crisp Pears in China with productivity of over five million kilograms in a planting area of 12,000 hectares.

   • 2017, Mao Min, The Revival of China‎^[8], →ISBN, page 158:

     The 203rd Brigade was blocked by the Red 25th Army, a battalion was wiped out in Xi County, and the battalion commander and more than 200 soldiers were captured.

   • 2017, “2017 Annual Report”, in CITIC Securities‎^[9], archived from the original on June 10, 2021:

     To help the sales of agricultural products is an effective means of poverty alleviation. In 2017, the Company purchased pears from Xi County of Linfen, Shanxi Province twice at a total cost of 1,329,400 yuan; in August 2017, the Company spent RMB260,000 on melon bought from Maigaiti County of Xinjiang;[...]

   • 2018 October 17, Lan Xue, Jing Zhao, “Truncated Decision Making and Deliberative Implementation: A Time-Based Policy Process Model for Transitional China”, in Policy Studies Journal‎^[10], volume 48, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

     In April,2004, 36 people died in Shanxi’s Xi County coal-mining accident. The provincial governor, Zhang Baoshun (Governor Zhang), having been promoted to his position only two months prior to the accident, was shocked by the chaotic conditions of property rights and the consequential predatory mining activities when he arrived at the scene.

   • 2020, Lu Shunmin, Yang Yao, Chen Kehai, Pathway to Prosperity: China's Poverty Alleviation with a Case Study of Shanxi Province Editorial Board‎^[11], →ISBN:

     As the new round of the fight against poverty began, he was assigned to take up the provisional post of deputy chief of Yangtousheng Township, Xi County, Linfen City.

   • 2020, Dongdong Yang, Wenqing Wu, “An Analysis on Dust Avoidance Effect of the Building Complex of Small Xitian in Xi County”, in Journal of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering‎^[12], volume 5, number 3, →DOI, page 59:

     The systematic dust avoidance effect of Small Xitian building complex in Xi county is rare in the history of science and technology at home and abroad, which confirms the scientific nature of the dust avoidance effect of ancient temple buildings in China and plays a reference role in the research on dust avoidance protection of other ancient buildings in China.

Synonyms

• Xixian

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隰縣／隰县 (zh) (Xíxiàn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xi Xian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[13], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3500, column 3

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• see xi

Noun

Xi (plural Xis)

1. Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)
   1. Alternative form of xi, Greek letter Ξ/ξ (X/x)
2. (physics) Alternative form of xi/Ξ Ellipsis of xi baryon.

Anagrams

• Ix

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

• Audio

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Noun

Xi n (strong, genitive Xis or Xi, plural Xis)

1. xi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of Xi [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Xi	die	Xis
genitive	eines	des	Xis, Xi	der	Xis
dative	einem	dem	Xi	den	Xis
accusative	ein	das	Xi	die	Xis

Further reading

• “Xi” in Duden online