Chinese Word: 膝 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

膝HSK 6

Pinyin: xī

English Definition: knee

Chinese Definition:
①大腿和小腿相连的关节的前部：膝盖骨(亦称“髌骨”)。护膝。屈膝。膝眼。膝下(子女幼时依偎于父母的膝下，因以“膝下”表示幼年。后用作对父母的敬辞)。奴颜卑膝。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 肉

Pictophonetic:桼 indicates the sound; ⺼ (flesh) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 桼 [ qī ] the varnish tree; varnish, lacquer; paint

Similar Characters: 脖

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膝盖HSK 6	xī gài	knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
膝下	xī xià	at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
促膝谈心	cù xī tán xīn	to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
卑躬屈膝	bēi gōng qū xī	to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜婢膝	nú yán bì xī	servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor

1		hǎo tòng 好痛 yōu 呦！ wǒ 我 diē dǎo 跌倒 gē shāng 割伤 le 了 xī gài 膝盖！ Ouch! I fell down and cut my knee!
2		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了， bǎ 把 xī gài 膝盖 shuāi shāng 摔伤 le 了。 She fell down and hurt her knee.
3		yùn dòng yuán 运动员 yīn 因 xī gài 膝盖 shòu shāng 受伤 ér 而 bù de bù 不得不 tuì chū 退出 bǐ sài 比赛。 The athlete had to withdraw due to a knee injury.
4		tā 她 yǎng 养 le 了 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫， měi tiān 每天 wǎn shang 晚上 dū huì 都会 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 xī shàng 膝上 shuì jiào 睡觉。 She has a cat, which sleeps on her lap every night.

1		hǎo tòng 好痛 yōu 呦！ wǒ 我 diē dǎo 跌倒 gē shāng 割伤 le 了 xī gài 膝盖！ Ouch! I fell down and cut my knee!
2		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了， bǎ 把 xī gài 膝盖 shuāi shāng 摔伤 le 了。 She fell down and hurt her knee.
3		yùn dòng yuán 运动员 yīn 因 xī gài 膝盖 shòu shāng 受伤 ér 而 bù de bù 不得不 tuì chū 退出 bǐ sài 比赛。 The athlete had to withdraw due to a knee injury.
4		tā 她 yǎng 养 le 了 yī zhǐ māo 一只猫， měi tiān 每天 wǎn shang 晚上 dū huì 都会 zài 在 tā 她 de 的 xī shàng 膝上 shuì jiào 睡觉。 She has a cat, which sleeps on her lap every night.