xi
/zaɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Rewind to the first day of the inaugural Premier League season in August 1992 and 177 players – or 73.1% – featuring in first XIs held English nationality. […] Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen."
- "The most important inland water transport takes place along three great rivers, the Xi-jiang (West River) by Guangzhou (Canton); the Yangzi Jiang, which links Shanghai, Wuhan and Chongqing (Chungking); and the Songhua Jiang (Sungari) which passes through Ha’erbin (Harbin) in the north-east."
- "My slow boat to China began and ended last spring in Hong Kong. For the first leg of the journey, I headed northwest into China on the Xi River, leaving Tai Kok Tsui Pierat dawn for the 10-hour Hovercraft ride from Hong Kong to Wuzhou."
- "A sand barge struck a bridge over the Xi River between Heshan and the town of Jiujiang in Guangdong yesterday morning, bringing down a section of the structure at least 200 metres long."
- "Vice President Xi (pronounced “Shee”), expected to succeed Hu Jintao as president from early 2013, will inherit responsibility for his nation’s far-reaching and sometimes troublesome relationship with the United States."
- "Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξεῖ (xeî), ξῖ (xî).
Word Breakdown
- Root: XI, -, 西, 隰
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.