西 | xī | west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙; Spanish |
西方 | xī fāng | the West; the Occident; Western countries |
西德 | Xī Dé | West Germany; German Federal Republic 德意志联邦共和国 |
西藏 | Xī zàng | Tibet; Xizang or Tibetan autonomous region 西藏自治区 |
西北 | xī běi | northwest |
西欧 | xī ōu | Western Europe |
西南 | xī nán | southwest |
西班牙 | Xī bān yá | Spain |
西安 | Xī ān | Xi'an city, subprovincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陕西省 in northwest China; see 西安区 |
西周 | Xī Zhōu | Western Zhou (1027-771 BC) |
西晋 | Xī Jìn | Western Jin dynasty (265-316) |
西洋 | xī yáng | the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) |
西伯利亚 | Xī bó lì yà | Siberia |
西皮 | xī pí | one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera; see also 二黄 |
西边 | xī biān | west; west side; western part; to the west of |
西宁 | Xī níng | Xining prefecture level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省 in west China |
西域 | Xī yù | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉门关) |
西夏 | Xī Xià | Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols |
西风 | xī fēng | west wind |
西亚 | Xī Yà | Southwest Asia |
西学 | Xī xué | Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing); also called 洋务运动 |
西部 | xī bù | western part |
西非 | Xī Fēi | West Africa |
西装 | xī zhuāng | (Western-style) clothes; CL:套 |
西医 | xī yī | Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine |
西面 | xī miàn | west side; west |
西式 | xī shì | Western style |
西魏 | Xī Wèi | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
西江 | Xī jiāng | Xijiang River |
西药 | xī yào | Western medicine |
西红柿 | xī hóng shì | tomato; CL:只 |
西海 | Xī hǎi | western sea; Yellow Sea (from Korean perspective) |
西撒哈拉 | Xī Sā hā lā | Western Sahara |
西施 | Xī Shī | Xi Shi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian of Yue 勾践 as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu |
西戎 | Xī róng | the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads) |
西藏自治区 | Xī zàng zì zhì qū | Tibetan autonomous region, Tibetan: Bod rang skyong ljongs, abbr. 藏, capital Lhasa 拉萨 |
西郊 | xī jiāo | western suburbs |
西服 | xī fú | suit; western-style clothes (historical usage) |
西天 | Xī tiān | the Western Paradise (Buddhism) |
西沙群岛 | Xī shā Qún dǎo | Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea |
西里西亚 | Xī lǐ xī yà | Silesia |
西双版纳 | Xī shuāng bǎn nà | abbr. for 西双版纳傣族自治州 Xishuangbanna, Dhai autonomous prefecture in south Yunnan |
西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon; CL:条 |
西餐 | xī cān | Western-style food; CL:份,顿 |
西三条 | xī sān tiáo | Xisantiao (Beijing placename) |
西乃 | Xī nǎi | Sinai |
西乃山 | xī nǎi shān | Mount Sinai |
西来庵 | Xī lái ān | Xilai Temple (Tainan, Taiwan) |
西侧 | xī cè | west side; west face |
西元 | Xī yuán | Christian era; Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini); same as 公元 |