English Explanatory Dictionary

xi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
  2. Either of a pair of hyperons having spin 1/2, which decay into a lambda particle and a pion.
noun
  1. A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
  2. A cricket team of eleven players.
name
  1. A river in China, the western tributary of the Pearl.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese
  2. Xi Jinping, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (2012–present).
name
  1. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
noun
  1. Capital Greek letter Ξ (X)
  2. Alternative form of xi, Greek letter Ξ/ξ (X/x)
  3. Alternative form of xi/Ξ, ellipsis of xi baryon.

Pronunciation

zī sī ksī ksē /zaɪ/ /saɪ/ /ksaɪ/ /ksiː/ /ʃiː/ en-us-xi.ogg en-au-XI.ogg shē LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Xi.wav /t͡ʃiː/ /ʒiː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Xi2.wav

Word forms

xi xis Hsi Si

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Xixian

Related words

Xi Hu

Derived words

xi baryon Xiden Xiism Xitler

Translations

Arabic: شِي Belarusian: Сі Chinese Cantonese: 習 /习 Chinese Mandarin: 習 /习 Czech: Si Hungarian: Hszi Japanese: 習 Japanese: シー Kazakh: شي Kazakh: Си Korean: 습 Korean: 시 Mongolian: ᠰᠢ Mongolian: Ши Polish: Xi Russian: Си Tibetan: ཞི Turkish: Şi Ukrainian: Сі Uyghur: شى Uyghur: Си Uzbek: Си Uzbek: Si Vietnamese: Tập Vietnamese: Xi
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