Keyword
dusk
- evening
- night
- slanted
- Frequency
- #2061
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
xī100%
Mnemonic
A crescent moon
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
前夕
eve; the day before
夕阳
sunset; the setting sun
除夕
lunar New Year's Eve
七夕
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
夕
(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
危在旦夕
in imminent peril (idiom); on the brink of crisis
宾夕法尼亚
Pennsylvania
宾夕法尼亚州
Pennsylvania
一朝一夕
lit. one morning and one evening (idiom); fig. in a short period of time; overnight
朝夕
morning and night; all the time
一夕
overnight; instantly; very quickly
夕阳西下
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
朝夕相处
to spend all one's time together (idiom)
宾夕法尼亚大学
University of Pennsylvania
夕照
glow of the setting sun
七夕节
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎织女 (niúlǎngzhīnǚ) are allowed their annual meeting
只争朝夕
(idiom) to seize every minute; to make the best use of one's time
朝令夕改
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
命在旦夕
to be at death's door (idiom)
朝不保夕
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living from hand to mouth
朝花夕拾
"Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 鲁迅 (LǔXùn)
月夕
Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August