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希

xī
verb #4,623

Meanings

  1. 1 to hope; to wish
  2. 2 rare; sparse

Examples

我希望你能来。
Wǒ xīwàng nǐ néng lái.
I hope you can come.
希望一切顺利。
Xīwàng yīqiè shùnlì.
I hope everything goes smoothly.

Tips

usage
希 is almost always used in 希望 (to hope/wish). Also used for transliterating foreign names: 希腊 (Greece), 希特勒 (Hitler). The meaning 'rare' survives in the literary word 希罕.

Stroke Order

希 xī