"昔" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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昔
Trad. 昔
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 日
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 廿日
井? + 日
Prononciation
Mandarin xī
Entry Methods
Pinyin xi1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 TA
廿日
Sijiao 4460.1
Wubi AJF
CNS 11643 1-4D77
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6614
GB2312 CEF4
BIG5 A9F5
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昔 xī former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Results beginning with 昔
昔日 xī rì former days / in the past
昔年 xī nián former years / previous years
昔阳 Xī yáng Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
昔阳县 Xī yáng xiàn Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
Approximate Results for 昔
往昔 wǎng xī the past
今昔 jīn xī past and present / yesterday and today
古昔 gǔ xī (literary) ancient times / in olden days
奶昔 nǎi xī milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
宿昔 sù xī formerly / in the past
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed
今不如昔 jīn bù rú xī things are not as good as they used to be
阿昔洛韦 ā xī luò wéi aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
今昔对比 jīn xī duì bǐ to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
美洛昔康 měi luò xī kāng meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
修昔底德 xiū xī dǐ dé Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
修昔底德陷阱 Xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
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