xi

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• /ʃiː/
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• shē
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• /ʒiː/ hyperforeign
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• zī
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• /zaɪ/
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• /saɪ/
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• /ksaɪ/
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• /ksiː/
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• nonstandard: /ʃiː/
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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西 (xī).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 習/习 (Xí).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隰 (Xī).

From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).

From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 西江 (sai1 gong1) — a river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl
• Chinese Mandarin: 西江 (Xījiāng) — a river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl
• Russian: Сицзя́н (Siczján) — a river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl
• Vietnamese: Tây Giang — a river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl
• Arabic: شِي (šī) — Chinese surname
• Belarusian: Сі — Chinese surname
• Chinese Cantonese: 習 /习 (zaap6) — Chinese surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 習 /习 (Xí) — Chinese surname
• Czech: Si — Chinese surname
• Hungarian: Hszi — Chinese surname
• Japanese: 習 (Shū) — Chinese surname
• Japanese: シー (Shī) — Chinese surname
• Kazakh: شي — Chinese surname
• Kazakh: Си — Chinese surname
• Korean: 습 (Seup) — Chinese surname
• Korean: 시 — Chinese surname
• Mongolian: ᠰᠢ (si) — Chinese surname
• Mongolian: Ши (Ši) — Chinese surname
• Polish: Xi — Chinese surname
• Russian: Си — Chinese surname
• Tibetan: ཞི (zhi) — Chinese surname
• Turkish: Şi — Chinese surname
• Ukrainian: Сі — Chinese surname
• Uyghur: شى (shi) — Chinese surname
• Uyghur: Си — Chinese surname
• Uzbek: Си — Chinese surname
• Uzbek: Si — Chinese surname
• Vietnamese: Tập — Chinese surname
• Vietnamese: Xi — Chinese surname
• Zhuang: Siz — Chinese surname
• Chinese Mandarin: 隰縣 /隰县 (Xíxiàn) — county
• Arabic: كْسِي (ksī) — Greek letter
• Asturian: xi — Greek letter
• Catalan: ksi — Greek letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 克西 (kèxī) — Greek letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 克希 (kèxī) — Greek letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 可塞 (kěsài) — Greek letter
• Danish: ksi — Greek letter
• Dutch: xi — Greek letter
• Dutch: ksi — Greek letter
• Esperanto: ksio — Greek letter
• Finnish: ksii — Greek letter
• French: xi — Greek letter
• French: ksi — Greek letter
• German: Xi — Greek letter
• Greek: ξι (xi) — Greek letter
• Ancient Greek: ξεῖ (xeî) — Greek letter
• Hungarian: kszi — Greek letter
• Interlingua: xi — Greek letter
• Irish: xí — Greek letter
• Italian: xi — Greek letter
• Italian: csi — Greek letter
• Italian: ksi — Greek letter
• Japanese: クシー (kusī) — Greek letter
• Japanese: クサイ (kusai) — Greek letter
• Japanese: グザイ (guzai) — Greek letter
• Japanese: クスィー (kuswī) — Greek letter
• Korean: 크시 (keusi) — Greek letter
• Macedonian: кси (ksi) — Greek letter
• Malay: xi — Greek letter
• Persian: کسی (ksi) — Greek letter
• Polish: ksi — Greek letter
• Portuguese: xi — Greek letter
• Portuguese: csi — Greek letter
• Portuguese: ksi — Greek letter
• Russian: кси (ksi) — Greek letter
• Spanish: xi — Greek letter
• Ukrainian: ксі (ksi) — Greek letter