Meaning
diluted; sparse
Chinese: 稀少、稀薄。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “xi” becomes a different word in each tone. 稀 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 珍稀zhēn xīrare; precious and uncommon
- 稀罕xī hanrare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity
- 稀奇xī qírare; strange
- 稀少xī shǎosparse; rare
- 稀有xī yǒuuncommon; rare
Example Sentence
天上的星星稀稀疏疏，只有几颗。Tiān shàng de xīng xing xī xī shū shū, zhǐ yǒu jǐ kē.The stars in the sky are sparse, only a few.
天上Tiān shàngthe sky的deof星星xīng xing(coll.) a star稀xīsparse稀疏xī shūsparse疏shūto dredge，只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...几jǐsmall table颗kē(measure word for small sp。