Usage of the character 稀
xī
稀
[稀]
- rare
- uncommon
- watery
- sparse
xībó
稀薄
[稀薄]
- thin
- rarefied
cuānxī
蹿稀
[躥稀]
- (coll.) to have diarrhea
xīkè
稀客
[稀客]
- infrequent visitor
jiànxī
渐稀
[漸稀]
- to thin out gradually
- to become fainter and fainter
gǔxī
古稀
[古稀]
- seventy years old
xīsōng
稀松
[稀鬆]
- poor
- sloppy
- unconcerned
- heedless
- lax
- unimportant
- trivial
- loose
- porous
xīlàn
稀烂
[稀爛]
- smashed up; broken into pieces; thoroughly mashed; pulpy
xīquē
稀缺
[稀缺]
- scarce
- scarcity
xītǔ
稀土
[稀土]
- rare earth (chemistry)
zhēnxī
珍稀
[珍稀]
- rare
- precious and uncommon
xīyǒu
稀有
[稀有]
- uncommon
xīzhōu
稀粥
[稀粥]
- water gruel
- thin porridge
xīqí
稀奇
[稀奇]
- rare
- strange
tángxī
糖稀
[糖稀]
- maltose syrup
lāxī
拉稀
[拉稀]
- (coll.) to have diarrhea
- to shrink back
- to cower
xīshǎo
稀少
[稀少]
- sparse
- rare
xīhan
稀罕
[稀罕]
- rare; uncommon
- rare thing; rarity
- to value as a rarity; to cherish
- Taiwan pr. (xihān)
xīshì
稀世
[稀世]
- rare
cuànxī
窜稀
[竄稀]
- (coll.) to have diarrhea
xīshì
稀释
[稀釋]
- to dilute
xīfàn
稀饭
[稀飯]
- porridge; gruel; congee
xīshū
稀疏
[稀疏]
- sparse
- infrequent
- thinly spread
yīxī
依稀
[依稀]
- vaguely
- dimly
- probably
- very likely
mǒxīní
抹稀泥
[抹稀泥]
- see 和稀泥 (huòxīní)
huòxīní
和稀泥
[和稀泥]
- to try to smooth things over
- to paper over the issues
- to gloss things over
xībālàn
稀巴烂
[稀巴爛]
- see 稀爛／稀烂 (xīlàn)
xītǔyuánsù
稀土元素
[稀土元素]
- rare earth element (chemistry)
xīlihútu
稀里糊涂
[稀裏糊塗]
- muddleheaded
- careless
xīyǒuqìtǐ
稀有气体
[稀有氣體]
- rare gas
- noble gas (chemistry)
xīxīlālā
稀稀拉拉
[稀稀拉拉]
- sparse and fragmentary
xīlihuālā
稀里哗啦
[稀裡嘩啦]
- (onom.) rustling sound
- sound of rain or of sth falling down
- in disorder
- completely smashed
- badly battered
- broken to pieces
xīqígǔguài
稀奇古怪
[稀奇古怪]
- crazy
- bizarre
- weird
- fantastic
- strange
xīliguāngdāng
稀里光当
[稀里光當]
- thin
- diluted
rényānxīshǎo
人烟稀少
[人煙稀少]
- no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
niányúgǔxī
年逾古稀
[年逾古稀]
- over seventy years old
xīsōnggǔzhì
稀松骨质
[稀鬆骨質]
- cancellous bone
- trabecular bone
- spongy bone
dìguǎngrénxī
地广人稀
[地廣人稀]
- vast, but sparsely populated
xīyǒuyuánsù
稀有元素
[稀有元素]
- trace element (nutrition)
xītǔjīnshǔ
稀土金属
[稀土金屬]
- rare earth element
wùyǐxīwéiguì
物以稀为贵
[物以稀為貴]
- the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)