1 fingernail

1 east and west

1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]

2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)

3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc

5 armor plating

6 shell or carapace

7 (of the fingers or toes) nail

8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)

9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)

10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)

11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

1 the West

2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]

3 Spanish

1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China

2 see also: 西安区 Xī ān qū

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

1 to go separate ways (idiom)

2 to part ways with sb

3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)

1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)

2 fig. hell freezes over

3 pigs can fly