Xi

A surname from Chinese

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Chinese

    1. Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).

      • Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States....
      • 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. - 2022 November 5, Philip Sherwell, “We don’t think...

Origin

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

Forms

Xis Hsi

Derived

Xiden Xiism Xitler

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
    • 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...
    • My slow boat to China began and ended last spring in Hong Kong. For the first leg of the journey, I headed northwest into China on the Xi River, leaving Tai Kok Tsui Pierat dawn for the 10-hour Hovercraft ride from Hong...
    • A sand barge struck a bridge over the Xi River between Heshan and the town of Jiujiang in Guangdong yesterday morning, bringing down a section of the structure at least 200 metres long. - 2007 June 16, Ivan Zhai, “Sand...

Origin

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

Forms

Hsi Si

Related

Xi Hu

Proper noun Entry 3

  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
    • 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, Yanyun Wei, Aiguo Zhang, “The Study on...
    • 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, Mao Min, The Revival of China, →ISBN, page 158:
    • 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...

Origin

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

Forms

Hsi

Synonyms

Xixian

Noun

  1. Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)

    1. Alternative form of xi, Greek letter Ξ/ξ (X/x)

  2. Alternative form of xi/Ξ, ellipsis of xi baryon.

Forms

Xis