Character

夕

xī HSK 5

夕 xī HSK 5

1. evening; sunset (opposite of 朝zhāo)
2. night in general
3. a surname

Words using 夕 as xī (4)

1 除夕 chú xī — Chinese New Year's Eve HSK 5
- 除 to pass, to remove (the old year)
- 夕 evening, night
Example

除夕夜，全家人聚在一起吃年夜饭。

chú xī yè quán jiā rén jù zài yì qǐ chī nián yè fàn

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together to eat the reunion dinner.
2 前夕 qián xī — eve HSK 7
- 前 before, preceding
- 夕 evening, night (time period)
Example

新年前夕，全家人聚在一起吃饭。

xīn nián qián xī quán jiā rén jù zài yì qǐ chī fàn

On New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together to eat.
3 夕阳 xī yáng — setting sun HSK 7
- 夕 evening, dusk (time of day)
- 阳 sun, sunlight
Example

夕阳染红了天空。

xī yáng rǎn hóng le tiān kōng

The setting sun dyed the sky red.
4 朝夕相处 zhāo xī xiāng chǔ — to be together day and night HSK 7
- 朝 morning
- 夕 evening
- 相 mutually, together
- 处 to get along, to be (in a relationship)
Example

他们在大学里朝夕相处了四年。

tā men zài dà xué lǐ zhāo xī xiāng chǔ le sì nián

They were together day and night for four years in college.

Structure & writing

夕 xī — evening; sunset (opposite of 朝zhāo)

夕 is a component in 14 characters

HSK 1

名 míng name; appellation of a person or thing 外 wài outside; exterior (opposite of 内/里) 多 duō many; much; a large number (opposite of 少/寡) 岁 suì year

HSK 4

夜 yè night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼' 奖 jiǎng to reward; to praise 将 jiāng will; about to 梦 mèng dream (physiological phenomenon during sleep) 餐 cān to eat (a meal)

HSK 5

怨 yuàn resentment; hatred 浆 jiāng thick liquid; paste

HSK 6

酱 jiàng fermented paste condiment made from beans or wheat (e.g. yellow bean paste, sweet bean paste)

HSK 7

桨 jiǎng oar; paddle (for rowing a boat, usually wooden, cylindrical on the upper part and flat and slightly wider on the lower part) 罗 luó net for catching birds

夕 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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