Hsi

English

Alternative forms

• Xi (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 習／习 (Xí), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi².

Proper noun

Hsi (plural Hsis)

1. A surname.
   • 1929, “Along the Road”, in Another Milestone‎^[1], London: British and Foreign Bible Society, →OCLC, page 67:

     An excellent example of the Chinese colporteur's zeal and capacity is afforded by Hsi Fuh Ts’ing, who lives at Hwangchow in the province of Hupeh.

   • 1973 [1971], Jürgen Domes, “Opposition and 'Readjustment'”, in Rüdiger Machetzki, transl., The Internal Politics of China, 1949-1972 [Die Ära Mao Tse-tung]‎^[2], Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:

     In the course of this ‘Second Anti-Rightist Campaign’ (Erh-tz’u fan-yu), Ch’en Yün’s authority was considerably restricted, and the Vice-Premier and Secretary General of the State Council, Hsi Chung-hsün (member of the CC), was dismissed.

   • 2012 September 10, Rich Chang, “Tribute for pilot on 50th anniversary”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-09-11, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[4]:

     The ceremony held by civilians including Roger Hsi (習賢德), a professor of journalism at Fu Jen Catholic University, Yang Hua-kun, a younger cousin of Chen, and three former members of the Black Cat Squadron took place at the Air Force’s martyrs tomb in Sindian District (新店), New Taipei City (新北市). […]
     Hsi said because Chen did not marry and his direct relatives live in Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province, they have been unable to go to Taiwan to apply to the government for compensation and have not received any compensation for his death in 50 years.

Translations

Chinese surname

• Arabic: شِي (šī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 習／习 (zaap⁶)

  Mandarin: 習／习 (zh) (Xí)

• Hungarian: Hszi
• Japanese: 習 (ja) (しゅう, Shū), シー (Shī)
• Korean: 습(習) (ko) (Seup), 시 (ko) (Si)
• Russian: Си (ru) (Si)
• Vietnamese: Tập (習), Xi

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 西 (Xī), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sē
• Rhymes: -iː

Proper noun

Hsi

1. Alternative form of Xi
   • 1958, “China, Agriculture and Food Supply”, in C. K. Leung, Norton Ginsburg, editors, The Pattern of Asia‎^[5], Edgewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., published 1961, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177:

     The hilly topography restricts the cultivated area mainly to the valleys of the Hsi River and of its tributaries in Kuang-hsi and Kuang-tung and the lowlands of T'ai-wan and Hai-nan. Western T'ai-wan and the Hsi River delta have extremely high population densities.

   • 1977 May 29, “Educated youths make trouble in big cities”, in Free China Weekly‎^[6], volume XVIII, number 21, Taipei, →OCLC, page 3:

     Some 2,000 are reported to have escaped to Ichang alone, and finding no way to support themselves in the city, have engaged in group robberies. It was said the plundering of “Ichang Supplying and Sciling Cooperative” freighters traveling on the Hsi River was the work of these youths.

   • 2008, “Chinese Cholera Epidemics of 1937-42”, in George Childs Kohn, editor, Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence: From Ancient Times to the Present‎^[7], 3rd edition, Facts on File, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72, column 1:

     During World War II (1939-45) and following the Japanese occupation of Burma, the Malay states, and Hong Kong, cholera marched across southern China along different military routes. It arrived in Guangdong along the Xi (Hsi) River and crossed over the Burmese border to infect Yunnan and Guangxi provinces.

Further reading

• “Hsi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• -ish, His, IHS, Ish, Shi, his, ish, shi