Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xī
English
- evening, night, dusk
- (bound form) sunset; dusk
- sundown; sunset
- slanted
- (bound form) evening; night
- night; evening
- Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- eve; day before an important event
粵語
- 日落月出時份
- 夜晚；挨晚
- 前一日；重要日子、節日之前一日
As a component in · 226
Words containing 夕
- 前夕cin4 zik6
eve
- 夕陽zik6 joeng4
sunset
- 除夕ceoi4 zik6
lunar New Year's Eve
- 七夕cat1 zik6
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
- 朝夕ziu1 zik6
morning and night
- 危在旦夕ngai4 zoi6 daan3 zik6
in imminent peril (idiom)
- 月夕jyut6 zik6
Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
- 林夕lam4 zik6
Albert Leung
- 小除夕siu2 ceoi4 zik6
the day before New Year's Eve
- 七夕節cat1 zik6 zit3
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
- 朝不保夕ziu1 bat1 bou2 zik6
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
- 一夕jat1 zik6
overnight; instantly; very quickly
- 夕照zik6 ziu3
glow of the setting sun
- 夕陽行業zik6 joeng4 hong4 jip6
sunset industry; declining industry
- 夕陽產業zik6 joeng4 caan2 jip6
sunset industry
- 旦夕daan3 zik6
in a very short time
- 一朝一夕jat1 ziu1 jat1 zik6
lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 朝令夕改ziu1 ling6 zik6 goi2
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
- 除夕夜ceoi4 zik6 je6
New Year's Eve [written and colloquial]
- 七夕樹cat1 zik6 syu6
- 一夕之間jat1 zik6 zi1 gaan1
overnight
- 朝夕相對ziu1 zik6 soeng1 deoi3
to see each other day and night
- 萬聖節前夕maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6
All Saints' Eve
- 新年前夕san1 nin4 cin4 zik6
New Year's eve