"昔" Chinese-English Dictionary

昔 xī

Radical: 日 (4 traits)
Number of strokes: 8
Structure: haut et bas

Cangjie: TA 廿日
Sijiao: 4460.1
Wubi: AJF
GB 2312: CEF4
Big5: A9F5
Unicode: U+6614

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
昔	xī	former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
昔日	xī rì	former days / in the past	syn
昔年	xī nián	former years / previous years	syn
昔阳昔陽	xī yáng	Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中\|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
昔阳县昔陽縣	xī yáng xiàn	Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中\|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
往昔	wǎng xī	the past	syn
今昔	jīn xī	past and present / yesterday and today	syn
古昔	gǔ xī	(literary) ancient times / in olden days
奶昔	nǎi xī	milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
宿昔	sù xī	formerly / in the past
今非昔比	jīn fēi xī bǐ	(idiom) things are very different now / times have changed	syn
今不如昔	jīn bù rú xī	things are not as good as they used to be
阿昔洛韦阿昔洛韋	ā xī luò wéi	aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
今昔对比今昔對比	jīn xī duì bǐ	to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
美洛昔康	měi luò xī kāng	meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
修昔底德	xiū xī dǐ dé	Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War