Xi

Mandarin Chinese proper noun

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

Greek letter

• see xi

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

• (from Wade–Giles) Hsi
• Si

Xi

1. A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
   • [1979, Price, Ronald Francis, Education in Modern China‎, 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.]

• Xi Hu

• “Xi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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

• (from Wade–Giles) Hsi

Xi (plural Xis)

1. A surname from Chinese
   1. Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).
      • 2022 November 5, Sherwell, Philip, “We don’t think China will invade Taiwan. But if they do we’ll fight them”, in The Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 November 2022‎:

        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.

• Xiden
• (Xi Jinping): Xiism
• Xitler

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

• (from Wade–Giles) Hsi

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, 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, archived from the original on November 14, 2019:

     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, →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, 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, 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, →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, 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.

• Xixian

• see xi

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.

• Ix

• IPA^(key): /ksi/

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

1. xi (Greek letter)

• “Xi” in Duden online