兮 | |||
exclamatory particle | |||
Radical | 八 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 2 | Total Strokes | 4 |
Mandarin reading | xī | Cantonese reading | hai4 |
Japanese on reading | kei | Japanese kun reading | no |
Korean reading | hyey | Vietnamese reading | hề |
Semantic Variant(s) | 𠔃 |
兮 | |||
exclamatory particle | |||
Radical | 八 | ||
---|---|---|---|
Strokes (without radical) | 2 | Total Strokes | 4 |
Mandarin reading | xī | Cantonese reading | hai4 |
Japanese on reading | kei | Japanese kun reading | no |
Korean reading | hyey | Vietnamese reading | hề |
Semantic Variant(s) | 𠔃 |
兮 | [ xī ] (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊) |
兮兮 | [ xī xī ] (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) |
⇒ 兮兮 | [ xī xī ] (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) |
⇒ 可憐兮兮 | [ kě lián xī xī ] miserable, wretched |
⇒ 可憐兮兮 | [ kě lián xī xī ] miserable, wretched |
⇒ 髒兮兮 | [ zāng xī xī ] dirty, filthy |
⇒ 髒兮兮 | [ zāng xī xī ] dirty, filthy |