Pinyin "xi1"

In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "xi1" is split up into two parts: "xi" and "Ø1". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.

Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "xi"

Xi is for Marie Curie.
Alternative mnemonic for xi: Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

Mnemonics for Pinyin final "Ø1"

In front of the space station.

Characters pronounced xi1

footpath / wait for
obscure variant of 悉[xi1] / Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1]
troubled / vexed
(literary) to wish / to hope / sad / sorrowful
to sob
xenon (chemistry) (old)
to agree
old variant of 熙[xi1]
dry
fire
a polypus
to long for / to gaze at
mountain stream / creek
tomb
disturbing noises
ground rice / thresh rice
fine gunny / sackcloth
old variant of 翕[xi1]
old variant of 肸[xi1]
to bare the upper body