Chinese Word: 奚 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

奚

Pinyin: xī

English Definition: (literary) what?; where?; why?; surname Xi

Chinese Definition:
①古代指被役使的人：“奚三百人”。奚奴。
②文言疑问代词，相当于“胡”、“何”：奚(为什么)不去也？子将奚(什么)先？水奚(何处)自至？
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 大

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 爫 [ zhǎo ] claws, nails, talons
- ⿱ Above to below
  - 幺 [ yāo ] one; tiny, small
  - 大 [ dà ] big, great, vast, high, deep

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奚落	xī luò	to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
奚啸伯	xī xiào bó	Xi Xiaobo (1910-1977), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
厗奚	tí xī	old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
祁奚	qí xī	Qi Xi (c. 620-550 BC), minister of Jin state 晋国 of the Spring and Autumn states
祁奚之荐	qí xī zhī jiàn	Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty

1		gāi 该 yán jiū 研究 zài 在《 xīn lǐ 心理 kē xué 科学》 zá zhì 杂志 shàng 上 fā biǎo 发表。 xī 奚 jiào shòu 教授 chēng 称 gāi 该 fā xiàn 发现 jù yǒu 具有 zhèng cè 政策 zhǐ dǎo 指导 yì yì 意义。 He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy implications.
2		dà xué 大学 fāng miàn 方面 tòu lù 透露 shuō 说 xī 奚 jiào shòu 教授 yǐ 已 pìn qǐng 聘请 zhù lǐ 助理 yán jiū yuán 研究员 shí shī 实施 yì xiē 一些 wú 无 yì yì 意义 de 的 diào chá 调查 lái 来 cè shì 测试 guò 过 zhè ge 这个 yuán lǐ 原理 le 了。 The academic revealed he had tested the principle by getting a research assistant to carry out pointless tasks.