昔 - xī - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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8 strokes
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昔

xī

Definition

(the) past
(literary) former times
formerly
ancient (time)
Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (19)

錯

cuò

mistake; wrong; incorrect; bad; fault; false

to lend; to borrow

vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)

惜

xī

to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]

措

cuò

to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan

magpie

to lay in place; to put; to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial

唶

jiè

sigh; groan; loud laughter

rough tree bark

to cut; to carve

dry

to step; walk reverently

cut off

place name

also pr. [xi2]; dried meat

plow

(gems)

(old) spear

to bite

Related words (9)

昔年

xī nián

former years; previous years

昔日

xī rì

formerly; in olden days

今昔

jīn xī

past and present; yesterday and today

古昔

gǔ xī

(literary) ancient times; in olden days

milkshake (loanword)

formerly; in the past

in the past

meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)

阿昔洛韋

ā xī luò wéi

aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug

Idioms (1)

今非昔比

jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom); times have changed

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