希 (hei1 | xi1) : hope; expect; wish

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希

hei1

xi1

hope; expect; wish; seek; yearn for

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

希

This word has been viewed 9158 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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希拉里 hei1 laai1 lei5 xi1 la1 li3 = Hillary Rodham Clinton

希望 hei1 mong6 xi1 wang4 = hope; to hope

希臘 hei1 laap6 xi1 la4 = Greece

有希望 jau5 hei1 mong6 you3 xi1 wang4 = hopeful, promising, prospective

古希臘 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 gu3 xi1 la4 = ancient Greece

古希臘語 gu2 hei1 lip6 /laap6 jyu5 gu3 xi1 la4 yu3 = ancient Greek (language)

希冀 hei1 kei3 xi1 ji4 = hope for; wish for

希伯來書 hei1 baak3 loi4 syu1 xi1 bo2 lai2 shu1 = (book of) Hebrews

希伯來語 hei1 baak3 loi4 jyu5 xi1 bo2 lai2 yu3 = Hebrew (language)

希伯萊文 hei1 baak3 loi4 man4 xi1 bo2 lai2 wen2 = Hebrew (language)
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希望大家有個輕鬆悠閑嘅聖誕節粵
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節國
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

呢度小小心意，希望你笑納。粵
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly.
[心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]

我希望畢業後投身醫療界。
I hope to join the health care industry after graduation.

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Decimal representation of this word: 希
Unicode code for this character: U+5e0c (off-site link)

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