昔
xī
Pinyin

Definition

昔
 - 
xī
  1. former times
  2. the past
  3. Taiwan pr. [xí]
昔
 - 
Xī
  1. surname Xi

Character Decomposition

Compounds (19)

错
Cuò
  1. 1 surname Cuo
错
cuò
  1. 1 mistake
  2. 2 wrong
  3. 3 bad
  4. 4 interlocking
  5. 5 complex
  6. 6 to grind
  7. 7 to polish
  8. 8 to alternate
  9. 9 to stagger
  10. 10 to miss
  11. 11 to let slip
  12. 12 to evade
  13. 13 to inlay with gold or silver
借
jiè
  1. 1 to lend
  2. 2 to borrow
  3. 3 by means of
  4. 4 to take (an opportunity)
借
jiè
  1. 1 variant: 借 jiè
措
cuò
  1. 1 to handle
  2. 2 to manage
  3. 3 to put in order
  4. 4 to arrange
  5. 5 to administer
  6. 6 to execute
  7. 7 to take action on
  8. 8 to plan

Related Words (10)

昔日
xī rì
  1. 1 formerly
  2. 2 in olden days
奶昔
nǎi xī
  1. 1 milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
往昔
wǎng xī
  1. 1 the past
今不如昔
jīn bù rú xī
  1. 1 things are not as good as they used to be
今昔
jīn xī
  1. 1 past and present
  2. 2 yesterday and today

Idioms (1)

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed

Sample Sentences

那去喝奶昔吧！
nà qù hē nǎixī ba ！
Then let’s go have a milkshake.
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我梦想有一天，在佐治亚的红山上，昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起，共叙兄弟情谊。
wǒ mèngxiǎng yǒuyītiān ，zài zuǒzhìyà de hóngshān shàng ，xīrì núlì de érzi jiāng nénggòu hé xīrì núlìzhǔ de érzi zuò zài yīqǐ ，gòng xù xiōngdì qíngyì 。
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