"稀" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hei̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hi²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /hi⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /hi³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hi⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /hi⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hi⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /hi³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ɕi⁵⁵/, /ɕi⁵⁵/, /hei̯⁵⁵/, /hi²⁴/, /hi⁴⁴/, /hi³³/, /hi⁴⁴/, /hi⁴⁴/, /hi⁴⁴/, /hi³³/, /ɕi⁵³/ Chinese transliterations: xī [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], xi¹ [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄒㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], xi¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], hei¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hî [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hi [Hokkien, POJ], hi¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹shi, xī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], ㄒㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo], si [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsi¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syī [Mandarin, Yale], shi [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], си [Mandarin, Palladius], si [Mandarin, Palladius], xi [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], hēi [Cantonese, Yale], hei¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], héi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hî [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hi´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hi¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hi [POJ, Teochew], ¹shi [Wu], shi^平 [Wu], ¹xi [Wu], /ɕi⁵³/ [Wu], xj+j [Middle-Chinese], /*hlɯl/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *hlɯl}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl), {{m|zh|會意|tr=-}} 會意/会意, {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=y|pron=}} ideogrammic compound (會意/会意), {{m|zh|禾//||grain|tr=-}} 禾 (“grain”), {{m|zh|希//||rare; sparse|tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *hlɯl</span>}} 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”), {{Han compound|禾|希|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|ls2=ic|t1=grain|t2=rare; sparse}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 稀
  1. rare; uncommon; scarce
    Sense id: en-稀-zh-character-8cCSCoag Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 36 29 1 5 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 18 19 29 26 9
  2. sparse
    Sense id: en-稀-zh-character-1694wfTE Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 36 29 1 5 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 18 19 29 26 9
  3. diluted; thin
    Sense id: en-稀-zh-character-1F4p0h7h Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 24 5 4 Disambiguation of Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 36 29 1 5 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 18 19 29 26 9
  4. thin or watery thing
    Sense id: en-稀-zh-character-PqZCTWwx Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 18 19 29 26 9
  5. very
    Sense id: en-稀-zh-character-TGpIOfg9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 七十瓦上霜,八十不稀奇 (qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí), 不稀奇, 不稀罕, 人煙稀少 (rényānxīshǎo), 人烟稀少 (rényānxīshǎo), 人生七十古來稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī), 人生七十古来稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī), 依稀 (yīxī), 古稀 (gǔxī), 和稀泥 (huò xī ní), 地廣人稀 (dìguǎngrénxī), 地广人稀 (dìguǎngrénxī), 地瘠人稀, 年近古稀, 年逾古稀, 拉稀 (lāxī), 抹稀泥, 月明星稀 (yuèmíngxīngxī), 稀世 (xīshì), 稀世珍寶 (xīshìzhēnbǎo), 稀世珍宝 (xīshìzhēnbǎo), 稀土元素 (xītǔ yuánsù), 稀奇 (xīqí), 稀奇古怪 (xīqí gǔguài), 稀客 (xīkè), 稀少 (xīshǎo), 稀巴爛 (xībālàn), 稀巴烂 (xībālàn), 稀微 (hi-bî) [Min-Nan], 稀有 (xīyǒu), 稀有氣體 (xīyǒu qìtǐ), 稀有气体 (xīyǒu qìtǐ), 稀有金屬, 稀有金属, 稀泥 (xīní), 稀爛 (xīlàn), 稀烂 (xīlàn), 稀疏 (xīshū), 稀破, 稀碎 (xīsuì), 稀稀疏疏, 稀罕, 稀薄 (xībó), 稀行, 稀釋 (xīshì), 稀释 (xīshì), 稀釋劑 (xīshìjì), 稀释剂 (xīshìjì), 稀里嘩啦 (xīlǐhuālā), 稀里哗啦 (xīlǐhuālā), 稀里打哄, 稀零 (xīlíng), 稀飯 (xīfàn), 稀饭 (xīfàn), 稀鬆 (xīsōng), 稀松 (xīsōng), 稀鬆平常, 稀松平常, 綠暗紅稀, 绿暗红稀, 綠豆稀飯, 绿豆稀饭, 路斷人稀, 路断人稀, 路絕人稀, 路绝人稀, 躥稀 (cuānxī), 蹿稀 (cuānxī), 音稀信杳, 鴻稀鱗絕, 鸿稀鳞绝

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "chóu",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"thin\"",
      "word": "稠"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí",
      "word": "七十瓦上霜,八十不稀奇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "不稀奇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "不稀罕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人煙稀少"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人烟稀少"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古來稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古来稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yīxī",
      "word": "依稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "gǔxī",
      "word": "古稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huò xī ní",
      "word": "和稀泥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dìguǎngrénxī",
      "word": "地廣人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dìguǎngrénxī",
      "word": "地广人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "地瘠人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "年近古稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "年逾古稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "lāxī",
      "word": "拉稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "抹稀泥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yuèmíngxīngxī",
      "word": "月明星稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀世"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshìzhēnbǎo",
      "word": "稀世珍寶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshìzhēnbǎo",
      "word": "稀世珍宝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xītǔ yuánsù",
      "word": "稀土元素"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīqí",
      "word": "稀奇"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīqí gǔguài",
      "word": "稀奇古怪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīkè",
      "word": "稀客"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshǎo",
      "word": "稀少"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xībālàn",
      "word": "稀巴爛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xībālàn",
      "word": "稀巴烂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hi-bî",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "稀微"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīyǒu",
      "word": "稀有"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīyǒu qìtǐ",
      "word": "稀有氣體"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīyǒu qìtǐ",
      "word": "稀有气体"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀有金屬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀有金属"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīní",
      "word": "稀泥"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīlàn",
      "word": "稀爛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīlàn",
      "word": "稀烂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshū",
      "word": "稀疏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀破"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīsuì",
      "word": "稀碎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀稀疏疏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀罕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xībó",
      "word": "稀薄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀行"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀釋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀释"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshìjì",
      "word": "稀釋劑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīshìjì",
      "word": "稀释剂"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīlǐhuālā",
      "word": "稀里嘩啦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīlǐhuālā",
      "word": "稀里哗啦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀里打哄"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīlíng",
      "word": "稀零"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīfàn",
      "word": "稀飯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīfàn",
      "word": "稀饭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīsōng",
      "word": "稀鬆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xīsōng",
      "word": "稀松"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀鬆平常"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "稀松平常"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綠暗紅稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绿暗红稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "綠豆稀飯"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "绿豆稀饭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "路斷人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "路断人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "路絕人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "路绝人稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuānxī",
      "word": "躥稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cuānxī",
      "word": "蹿稀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "音稀信杳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鴻稀鱗絕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "鸿稀鳞绝"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *hlɯl"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "y",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "禾//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grain",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "禾 (“grain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "希//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rare; sparse",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *hlɯl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禾",
        "2": "希",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "ls2": "ic",
        "t1": "grain",
        "t2": "rare; sparse"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "稀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "32 35 24 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "30 36 29 1 5",
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          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 29 26 9",
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          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rare; uncommon; scarce"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀-zh-character-8cCSCoag",
      "links": [
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
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          "uncommon",
          "uncommon"
        ],
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          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "32 35 24 5 4",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sparse"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀-zh-character-1694wfTE",
      "links": [
        [
          "sparse",
          "sparse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 36 29 1 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diluted; thin"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀-zh-character-1F4p0h7h",
      "links": [
        [
          "diluted",
          "diluted"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 29 26 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thin or watery thing"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀-zh-character-PqZCTWwx",
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "watery",
          "watery"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "very"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀-zh-character-TGpIOfg9",
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "си"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹xi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɕi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xj+j"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*hlɯl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*hlɯl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稀"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "chóu",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"thin\"",
      "word": "稠"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "qīshí wǎ shàng shuāng, bāshí bù xīqí",
      "word": "七十瓦上霜,八十不稀奇"
    },
    {
      "word": "不稀奇"
    },
    {
      "word": "不稀罕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人煙稀少"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人烟稀少"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古來稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī",
      "word": "人生七十古来稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīxī",
      "word": "依稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔxī",
      "word": "古稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huò xī ní",
      "word": "和稀泥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dìguǎngrénxī",
      "word": "地廣人稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dìguǎngrénxī",
      "word": "地广人稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "地瘠人稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "年近古稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "年逾古稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lāxī",
      "word": "拉稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "抹稀泥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuèmíngxīngxī",
      "word": "月明星稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀世"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshìzhēnbǎo",
      "word": "稀世珍寶"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshìzhēnbǎo",
      "word": "稀世珍宝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xītǔ yuánsù",
      "word": "稀土元素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīqí",
      "word": "稀奇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīqí gǔguài",
      "word": "稀奇古怪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīkè",
      "word": "稀客"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshǎo",
      "word": "稀少"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xībālàn",
      "word": "稀巴爛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xībālàn",
      "word": "稀巴烂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hi-bî",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "稀微"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīyǒu",
      "word": "稀有"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīyǒu qìtǐ",
      "word": "稀有氣體"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīyǒu qìtǐ",
      "word": "稀有气体"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀有金屬"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀有金属"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīní",
      "word": "稀泥"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīlàn",
      "word": "稀爛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīlàn",
      "word": "稀烂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshū",
      "word": "稀疏"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀破"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīsuì",
      "word": "稀碎"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀稀疏疏"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀罕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xībó",
      "word": "稀薄"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀釋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshì",
      "word": "稀释"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshìjì",
      "word": "稀釋劑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshìjì",
      "word": "稀释剂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīlǐhuālā",
      "word": "稀里嘩啦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīlǐhuālā",
      "word": "稀里哗啦"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀里打哄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīlíng",
      "word": "稀零"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīfàn",
      "word": "稀飯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīfàn",
      "word": "稀饭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīsōng",
      "word": "稀鬆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīsōng",
      "word": "稀松"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀鬆平常"
    },
    {
      "word": "稀松平常"
    },
    {
      "word": "綠暗紅稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "绿暗红稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "綠豆稀飯"
    },
    {
      "word": "绿豆稀饭"
    },
    {
      "word": "路斷人稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "路断人稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "路絕人稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "路绝人稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuānxī",
      "word": "躥稀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuānxī",
      "word": "蹿稀"
    },
    {
      "word": "音稀信杳"
    },
    {
      "word": "鴻稀鱗絕"
    },
    {
      "word": "鸿稀鳞绝"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *hlɯl"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "會意",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "會意/会意",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han ideogrammic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ic",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "y",
        "pron": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ideogrammic compound (會意/会意)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "禾//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "grain",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "禾 (“grain”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "希//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "rare; sparse",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *hlɯl</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "禾",
        "2": "希",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "ls2": "ic",
        "t1": "grain",
        "t2": "rare; sparse"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlɯl) and ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 希 (OC *hlɯl, “rare; sparse”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "稀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rare; uncommon; scarce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "uncommon",
          "uncommon"
        ],
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sparse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparse",
          "sparse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "diluted; thin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diluted",
          "diluted"
        ],
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thin or watery thing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thin",
          "thin"
        ],
        [
          "watery",
          "watery"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "very"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "very",
          "very"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "си"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Latinxua-Sin-Wenz",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Chengdu",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hî"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi´"
    },
    {
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        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
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        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
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        "Tai-lo"
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    },
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/hi³³/",
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        "Quanzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
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        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/",
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        "Kaohsiung"
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    },
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        "Teochew"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹shi"
    },
    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "shi^平"
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    {
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      "zh-pron": "¹xi"
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      ],
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        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵/"
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/hi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵³/"
    },
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    }
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