稀
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sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery; (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup"); (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
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- 12
- Radical
- 禾 +7
- Structure
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- Traditional
- 稀
- Common rank
- #1,639
- Unicode
- U+7A00
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Words with 稀
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 稀有气体 | rare gas; noble gas (chemistry) | |
| 地广人稀 | vast, but sparsely populated | |
| 稀里光当 | thin; diluted | |
| 稀有元素 | (chemistry) rare element | |
| 物以稀为贵 | the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom) | |
| 稀土元素 | rare earth element (chemistry) | |
| 稀松平常 | nothing special; ordinary | |
| 稀土金属 | rare earth element | |
| 稀松骨质 | cancellous bone; trabecular bone; spongy bone | |
| 人烟稀少 | no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate | |
| 稀奇古怪 | (idiom) crazy; bizarre; weird; fantastic; strange | |
| 拉稀 | (coll.) to have diarrhea; to shrink back; to cower | |
| 稀稀拉拉 | sparse and fragmentary | |
| 稀有 | uncommon; rare | |
| 和稀泥 | to try to smooth things over; to paper over the issues; to gloss things over | |
| 稀世 | rare | |
| 古稀 | seventy years old | |
| 稀土 | rare earth (chemistry) | |
| 稀巴烂 | smashed up; broken into pieces | |
| 稀客 | infrequent visitor |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 希 — compare how they read.