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xīn = xi + (e)n1
surname Xin
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xīn = xi + (e)n1
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
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How to pronounce 辛

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ (e)n1 final

In front of the encampment.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

辛 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
shí = sh + Ø2
ten / 10
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= li + Ø4
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
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Characters with 辛 as component

= l + a4
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
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= l + a4
old variant of 辣[la4]
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= c + Ø2
old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
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Words with 辛

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exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s)
hardships / arduous / difficult

Sentences with 辛

辛 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xīn

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