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[1] sunset; evening; night [2] last period of year, season, month, etc Pinyin xi1 is China reading; xi4 is Taiwan reading.
Stroke count: 3
Level: 1
Radical: 夕 (#36)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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前夕 cin4 zik6 = eve; the night before 除夕 ceoi4 zik6 = New Year's Eve 除夕夜 ceoi4 zik6 je6 = New Year's Eve 朝夕 ziu1 zik6 = day and night; always 萬聖節前夕 maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6 = Halloween 聖誕節前夕 sing3 daan3 zit3 cin4 zik6 = Christmas eve 夕陽 zik6 joeng4 = sunset 一朝一夕 jat1 ziu1 jat1 zik6 = in one morning or evening; overnight; in one day 七夕 cat1 zik6 = double seven festival or girls' festival, evening of lunar 7th July 朝夕相對 ziu1 zik6 soeng1 deoi3 = to live or face each other day and night See all 17 compounds (CantoDict reports 16 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum) |