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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *西* | 西* | *西
west
HSK 1
west / west side / western part / to the west of
HSK 1
the West / the Occident / Western countries
HSK 2
northwest
HSK 2
southwest
HSK 2
Western-style food / CL: , 頓|顿
HSK 2
Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
HSK 2
western part
HSK 3
watermelon / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
HSK 4
suit / Western-style clothes / CL:
HSK 5
tomato
HSK 5
Spanish language
HSK 6
Xixia district of Yinchuan city 銀川市|银川市, Ningxia
punitive expedition to the west
Ximeng Va autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱, Yunnan
chess
(bird species of China) striated yuhina (Yuhina castaniceps)
Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City 遼源市|辽源市, Jilin / Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Sidney or Sydney (name)
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
Sisyphus
Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea
Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关)
the western Pacific Ocean
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *西* | 西* | *西
the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙 / Spanish
western extremity
Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
Southwest Asia
Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)
two-character surname Ximen
(bird species of China) Vega gull (Larus vegae)
Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国
West Germany / German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国
the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
broccoli
Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai Province 青海省
Western Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421)
Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
(loanword) sirloin
west longitude
Ximending (neighborhood in Wanhua district, Taipei)
Siemens (company name)
Ximeng Va Autonomous County in Pu'er 普洱, Yunnan
Xilin, a county in Baise City 百色市, Guangxi
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC), Roman statesman, orator and philosopher
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431)
Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang)
Western medicine
Xiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市, Hubei
western language / Spanish (language)
Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
Xichou county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
Xihua county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
Western style
Xixiang County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Seattle, city in Washington State
Western Europe
cubic centimeter (cc) (loanword)
Siberia
west side / west
Xiyu or Hsiyu township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
Yellow Sea (Korean term)
Nishimura (Japanese surname)
"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
West Point, US military academy in New York
Western-style pastry
Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
Sicily / Sicilia (Italian Island)
Syrah (grape type)
Sicily
dressed in Western-style clothes / impeccably attired
Westerner / Occidental
Xicheng, a district of central Beijing
Western Sahara
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa 拉薩市|拉萨市 (abbr. to )
Spain
Port-of-Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago
zucchini; courgette; baby marrow
West Indies (i.e. the Caribbean)
Xishan district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan
Sinai Peninsula
Sidon (Lebanon)
Xixia county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
(old) peep show / (fig.) hanky-panky / trickery
the Western Hemisphere
Cyril (name) / Saint Cyril, 9th century Christian missionary / Cyrillic
thundershower (Tw)
Westerner
Western Samoa

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