xī
熙 (xī) is a Chinese word meaning “(used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous”.
Meanings
- 1(used in names)
- 2(bound form) (literary) bright
- 3prosperous
- 4splendid
- 5genial
Related words
熙variant of 熙[xi1]熙熙攘攘(idiom) bustling with activity朴正熙Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard熙攘restless熙提stilb, unit of luminance熙来攘往a place buzzing with activity (idiom)刘熙Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名[Shi4 ming2]康熙Kangxi, reign title (1662–1722) of the Kangxi Emperor 聖祖|圣祖[Sheng4 zu3]康熙字典the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries徐熙媛Barbie Hsu (1976–2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S[Da4 S]洪熙Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗[Ming2 Ren2 zong1]薄熙来Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct