| 西 | 464C55 31.41 | 部居  | 畫數 6 | ㄒㄧ [xi1] | ||
| N. | (1) West: 自東徂西 from east to west. (2) Spain (short for 西班牙）：駐西大使 Chin. ambassador to Spain. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) West: 南京西路 Nanking Road West; 西半球 Western Hemisphere; 西部 western region; 西岸 west coast. (2) Western, pertaining to the Western or gen. foreign world: 西人，西婦，西服，西裝 etc., [xi1ren2], [xi1fu4], [xi1fu2], [xi1zhuang1]↓; see esp. 西洋 [xi1yang2]↓; 西餐 Western meal; 西式 Western fashion; for Western music, medicine, see 西樂，西醫, [xi1yUe4], [xi1yi1]↓. (3) To the west, westwards: 西去 go west. (4) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 西班 [xi1ban1], n., (Tarng Dyn.) the military officers on the west in court ceremony, opp. civilian officers on the east; n., 西班牙 n., Spain. 2. 西北 [xi1bei3], adj., northwest. 3. 西賓 [xi1bin1], n., family tutor, see [xi1xi2]↓, cf. 東家 the host. 4. 西伯利亞 [xi1bo2li4ya3], n., Siberia. 5. 西部 [xi1bu4], n., (1) western region; (2) (movies) a western. 6. 西成 [xi1cheng2], n., (MC) harvest. 7. 西垂 [xi1chui2], n., (AC) west side. 8. 西法 [xi1fa3], adj., Western method (dry cleaning, etc.). 9. 西番蓮 [xi1fan1lian2], n., (bot.) Passiflora caerulea. 10. 西方 [xi1fang1], n. & adj., the western world, also (Budd.) referring to after world. 11. 西婦 [xi1fu4], n., Western woman. 12. 西服 [xi1fu2], n., Western dress. 13. 西瓜 [xi1gua1], n., watermelon. 14. 西貢 [xi1gong4], n., Saigon. 15. 西宮 [xi1gong1], n., “western palace” where ladies-in-waiting lived. 16. 西穀米 [xi1gu2mi3], n., sago; 西穀椰子 the sago palm, Sagus rumphii. 17. 西紅柿 [xi1hong2shi4], n., tomato. 18. 西淨 [xi1jing4], n., (Budd.) western lavatory (as eastern lavatory is called 東淨); see [xi1xU4]↓. 19. 西裝 [xi1zhuang1], n., Western of European dress. 20. 西曆 [xi1li4], n., the Western or Gregorian Calendar (now generally called 公曆). 21. 西米 [xi1mi3], n., sago, see [xi1gu2mi3]↑. 22. 西南 [xi1nan2], adj., southwest. 23. 西皮 [xi1pi2], n., name of song from 黃陂縣 in Hupei, current in Peking opera (see 皮黃 22.82). 24. 西人 [xi1ren2], n., Westerner. 25. 西廂記 [xi1xiang1ji4], n., The Western Chamber, a famous Chin. classical novel. 26. 西夕 [xi1xi4], n., (AC) old age. 27. 西席 [xi1xi2], n., n., see [xi1bin1]↑. 28. 西施舌 [xi1shi1she2], n., a small edible shellfish with elongated “tongue” or valve. 29. 西序 [xi1xU4], n., the western wing of Buddhist monastery. 30. 西臺 [xi1tai2], n., Suhng Dyn. name for the Censorate (御史臺). 31. 西天 [xi1tian1], n., Buddhist paradise, believed to be in the west of China. 32. 西崽 [xi1zai3], n., a houseboy or “boy” in the employment of foreigners in China. 33. 西字臉 [xi1zi4lian3], n., broad-shaped face, like the character 西. 34. 西洋 [xi1yang2], n., “Western ocean,” i.e., Western or from the West (of. shortened to 洋 or to 西): 西洋音樂，畫 Western music, painting; n., 西洋歷史 history of the Western world; 西洋景 peep show (also called 西洋鏡); 西洋參 ginseng grown in the Unite States. 35. 西藥 [xi1yao4], n., Western medicine. 36. 西醫 [xi1yi1], n., Western doctor. 37. 西元 [xi1yUan2], n., A.D. of Christian calendar (now gen. called 公元). 38. 西樂 [xi1yUe4], n., Western music. 39. 西域 [xi1yU4], n., Turkestan, in region now called 新疆 “Hsinkiang.” | |||||