希 (xī): to hope, to admire, variant of 稀
希 (xī) is a Chinese character meaning “to hope.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 乂 (structural) and 布 (structural). It ranks #508 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to hope
- to admire
- variant of 稀
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 希
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 希腊proper-noun | xī là | Greece |
| 希特勒proper-noun | xī tè lè | Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) |
| 希尔proper-noun | xī ěr | Hill (name) |
| 希拉里proper-noun | xī lā lǐ | Hillary (name) |
| 希伯来adjective | xī bó lái | Hebrew |
| 南希proper-noun | nán xī | Nancy |
| 乔希proper-noun | qiáo xī | Josh or Joshi (name) |
| 波希米亚proper-noun | bō xī mǐ yà | variant of 波西米亞|波西米亚 |
| 希尔顿proper-noun | xī ěr dùn | Hilton (hotel chain) |
| 希奇 | xī qí | variant of 稀奇 |
| 希律王 | xī lǜ wáng | Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC) |
| 帕丽斯·希尔顿 | pà lì sī · xī ěr dùn | Paris Hilton |
| 希冀verb | xī jì | (literary) to hope |
| 路德维希proper-noun | lù dé wéi xī | Ludwig (name) |
| 希罕 | xī han | variant of 稀罕 |
希 appears in 86 compound words: 52 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 希 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic)
Bohemia (a cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic)
Showing 12 of 13 idioms containing 希.
Example Sentences
长时间使用电脑后，记得让眼睛休息一下。
Cháng shíjiān shǐyòng diànnǎo hòu, jìde ràng yǎnjing xiūxi yīxià.
After using the computer for a long time, remember to let your eyes rest.
影》老柯卸任 韩国瑜亲探视发声:希望他注意身心调节
yǐng lǎo 柯 xiè rèn hán guó 瑜 qīn tàn shì fā shēng : xī wàng tā zhù yì shēn xīn diào jié
Shadow" Lao Ke stepped down Han Yu personally visited and spoke: I hope he pays attention to physical and mental adjustment
经典赛》王建民撞脸SJ希澈的飘发照 韩媒也关注
jīng diǎn sài wáng jiàn mín zhuàng liǎn S J xī chè de piāo fā zhào hán méi yě guān zhù
Classic" Wang Jianmin hit SJ Heechul's hair photo in the face Korean media also paid attention
...EB 病毒取得关键突破,为移植患者带来新希望
. . . E B bìng dú qǔ dé guān jiàn tū pò , wéi yí zhí huàn zhě dài lái xīn xī wàng
... Epstein-Barr virus has made a key breakthrough that brings new hope to transplant patients
希腊全国出租车司机举行罢工
xī xī quán guó chū zū chē sī jī jǔ háng bà gōng
Cab drivers strike across Greece
“希望老百姓安宁幸福” 他的新春愿望和冬窝子...
xī wàng lǎo bǎi xìng ān nìng xìng fú tā de xīn chūn yuàn wàng hé dōng wō zǐ . . .
"I hope the people are peaceful and happy" His New Year's wish and winter nest...
希望与现实之间的矛盾，因何而起？
Xīwàng yǔ xiànshí zhījiān de máodùn, yīn hé ér qǐ?
From what stems this contradiction between our hopes and our reality?
治愈的希望有多大？
Zhìyù de xīwàng yǒu duōdà?
What hope is there of a cure?
你会说希伯来语吗？
Nǐ huì shuō Xībóláiyǔ ma?
Do you speak Hebrew?
你们还希望我们帮汤姆吗？
Nǐmen hái xīwàng wǒmen bāng Tāngmǔ ma?
Do you still want us to help Tom?
Character Family
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