Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 西
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西 |
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Meaning |
west, the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙 |
Pronunciation |
xī |
Explanation |
This sign has some similarity with sun 日 combined with to strokes 儿, directing downwards. The upper line 一 is the horizon |
Mnemonic
| Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west. |
Radicals
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 西方 |
xī fāng |
the West; the Occident; Western countries | | 西红柿炒鸡蛋 |
xī hóng shì chǎo jī dàn |
scrambled chicken egg with fresh tomato (well known Mandarin dish) | | 法兰西斯・斐迪南 |
Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán |
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I | | 西来庵 |
Xī lái ān |
Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan) | | 西戎 |
Xī róng |
the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads) | | 西红柿 |
xī hóng shì |
tomato |
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