Chinese Character Dictionary

西乡县

Xī xiāng Xiàn

Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中[Hàn zhōng], Shaanxi

西医

xī yī

Western medicine

西里尔

Xī lĭ ĕr

Cyril (name)

西里尔字母

Xī lĭ ĕr zì mŭ

Cyrillic alphabet

西里西亚

Xī lĭ xī yà

Silesia

西门

Xī mén

surname Ximen

西门子

Xī mén zĭ

Siemens (company name)

西门子公司

Xī mén zĭ Gōng sī

Siemens AG

西门庆

Xī mēn Qìng

Ximen Qing, character from 金瓶梅[Jīn píng méi] and 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuĭ hŭ Zhuàn]

西门町

Xī mén dīng

Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)

西门豹

Xī Mén bào

Xi Menbao (active around 422 BC), statesman, general and hydraulic engineer of Wei state 魏國|魏国[Wèi guó]

西陵

Xī líng

Xiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei

西陵区

Xī líng qū

Xiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei

西陵峡

Xī líng Xiá

Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[Sān Xiá]

西雅图

Xī yă tú

Seattle, Washington State

西双版纳

Xī shuāng băn nà

abbr. for 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州 Xishuangbanna, Dhai autonomous prefecture in south Yunnan

西双版纳傣族自治州

Xī shuāng băn nà Dăi zú zì zhì zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dhai autonomous prefecture in south Yunnan 雲南|云南

西双版纳州

Xī shuāng băn nà zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dhai autonomous prefecture in south Yunnan 雲南|云南

西双版纳粗榧

xī shuāng băn nà cū fĕi

Cephalotaxus mannii (botany)

西青

Xī qīng

Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tiān jīn shì]

西青区

Xī qīng qū

Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tiān jīn shì]

西非

Xī Fēi

West Africa

西面

xī miàn

west side

西顿

Xī dùn

Sidon (Lebanon)

西餐

xī cān

Western-style food

西魏

Xī Wèi

Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (3-7), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏

西鲱

xī fēi

allis shad (Alosa alosa)

西点

Xī diăn

West Point

要

yāo

to demand

要不

yào bù

otherwise

要不得

yào bu de

intolerable

要不是

yào bu shì

if it were not for

要不然

yào bù rán

otherwise

要之

yào zhī

in brief

要事

yào shì

important matter

要人

yào rén

important person

要件

yào jiàn

key document

要价

yào jià

to ask a price

要加牛奶

yào jiā niú năi

with milk

要务

yào wù

key task

要命

yào mìng

to cause sb's death

要员

yào yuán

key participant

要图

yào tú

main plan

要地

yào dì

strategic location

要塞

yào sài

stronghold

要好

yào hăo

to be on good terms

要子

yào zi

straw rope

要害

yào hài

crucial

要强

yào qiáng

eager to excel

要径

yào jìng

important path

要得

yào dé

good

要挟

yāo xié

to threaten

要击

yāo jī

to intercept

要旨

yào zhĭ

the gist (of a text or argument)

要是

yào shi

if

要晕

yāo yūn

confused

要有

yào yŏu

to need

要末

yào me

variant of 要麼|要么[yào me]

要枢

yào shū

important traffic hub

要样儿

yào yàng r

appearance