Pronunciation & meaning
- Pronunciation
Mandarinㄒㄧ xī
Cantonesesik1
- Meaning
- formerly; ancient; in beginning
- Kangxi Radical
- 日 · 8 strokes
Common words
- 昔日xī rìformer days; in the past
- 往昔wǎng xīthe past
- 昔年xī niánformer years; previous years
- 今非昔比jīn fēi xī bǐ(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
- 今昔jīn xīpast and present; yesterday and today
- 古昔gǔ xī(literary) ancient times; in olden days
- 今不如昔jīn bù rú xīthings are not as good as they used to be
- 奶昔nǎi xīmilkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
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