【兮】Chinese Character Details
| Pinyin | xī |
|---|---|
| Zhuyin | ㄒㄧ |
| Radical | 八 |
| Strokes | 4 |
| HSK | - |
| TOCFL | 10 |
| Unicode | u+516e |
Stroke Order Diagram
Meanings
xī
(1) 助詞。多用於文言文。表示感嘆的語氣，相當於「啊」、「呀」。如：「歸去來兮」、「巧笑倩兮」、「大風起兮雲飛揚」、「力拔山兮氣蓋世」。
Meanings
xī
1.
书 （跟现代的“啊”相似）
Book (similar to the modern "ah")
【Examples】
◎ 大风起兮云飞扬。
◎ A gale has risen and is sweeping the clouds across the sky.
◎ 秋风起兮白云飞，草木黄落兮雁南归。
◎ Autumn wind rises;white clouds fly. Grass and trees wither;geese go south.
2.
[a meaningless sound, similar to 啊, used in an ancient song form between the two sections of a line, presumably to carry the voice through parts of the melody which had no corresponding words]
【Examples】
◎ 风萧萧兮易水寒, 壮士一去兮不复还。(荆轲《易水歌》)
◎ The wind wails—oh, the River Yi flows cold, | A hero sets forth—oh, never to return.
Vocabulary