What does xi mean in Chinese?

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It is the 45th name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem written during the Song dynasty, around 1000 years ago.

It is the 133rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. During the Chu–Han Contention, many people surnamed Ji (籍) changed their surname to Xi (席) because of naming taboo of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, whose given name was Ji (籍).

It is 332nd in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. However it is not among the 400 most common surnames, occupying 0.01% of the Han population.

Xi is a very common Chinese name. It has a lot of meaning. For example, Xi can mean that you like something in Chinese. But they are a lot of Xi. For example, 喜 and 西 are just two of the many Xis in the Chinese Dictionary. But otherwise it is a pretty name for both girls and boys. But mostly girls.

Even the president of China has a name that has Xi in it. So if your name is Xi don't be embarrassed of that name, you have to hold your head up and be proud of your name. That goes for anyone for has a embarrassing or weird name.

One of many two and sometimes 3 letter words played at least 5 times a game in Words With Friends by some bastard with the effect of totally bollocksing up the placement of future tiles and sending your opponent into a dick punching rage

Fucking Dicker just busted out xi again and now theres 43 letters remaining and only room for 3 letter words.

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Look cloSer.

XIS. a.k.a. Xiamen International School. An international school that is in the middle of nowhere which no one other than International Students have heard. Also, none of the students actually like their own school. It is a school where everyone knows everyone else.

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Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced jì. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well:
If 系 is pronounced "jì", it means to tie (with a knot).

department, series, to tie, relation, relationship,
be related to, faculty

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 系 ( xì ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

The traditional Chinese characters of xì are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

系 is composed of 7 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

relation, to concern  |  system

Chinese example words containing the character 系 ( xi / xì )

操作系统 ( cāozuò xìtŏng = operating system ), 关系 ( guānxì = to be related to ), 联系 ( liánxì = to keep track of ), 没关系 ( méi guānxi = no problem ), 全球定位系统 ( quánqiú dìngwèi xìtŏng = gaps ), 太阳系 ( tàiyángxì = solar system )

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happy, delight, be fond of, happy event, to like, delighted,
pleased, to prefer

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 喜 ( xĭ ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

The traditional Chinese characters of xĭ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

喜 is composed of 12 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

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