夕 (zik6 | xi1 xi4) : sunset; evening; night

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夕

zik6

xi1 xi4

[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.

夕

This word has been viewed 8725 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Feb 2014 13:49

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前夕 cin4 zik6 qian2 xi1/4 (PRC/Taiwan) = eve; the night before

除夕 ceoi4 zik6 chu2 xi1 (PRC), chu2 xi4 (Taiwan) = New Year's Eve

除夕夜 ceoi4 zik6 je6 chu2 xi1 ye4 (PRC), chu2 xi4 ye4 (Taiwan) = New Year's Eve

朝夕 ziu1 zik6 zhao1 xi1/4 (PRC/Taiwan) = day and night; always

萬聖節前夕 maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6 wan4 sheng4 jie2 qian2 xi1 = Halloween

聖誕節前夕 sing3 daan3 zit3 cin4 zik6 sheng4 dan4 jie2 qian2 xi1/4 (PRC/Taiwan) = Christmas eve

夕陽 zik6 joeng4 xi1/4 yang2 (PRC/Taiwan) = sunset

一朝一夕 jat1 ziu1 jat1 zik6 yi1 zhao1 yi1 xi1 = in one morning or evening; overnight; in one day

七夕 cat1 zik6 qi1 xi1 = 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)

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Decimal representation of this word: 夕
Unicode code for this character: U+5915 (off-site link)

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