西

• 拼音: xī
• 汉字拆解: 西 = originally a pictograph of a bird nesting, representing the direction of the setting sun

含义

West. One of the four cardinal directions.

Used both as a standalone direction word and in many compounds: 西边 (the west side), 西方 (the West/Western), 东西 (thing — literally 'east-west'). The character also appears in place names such as 西安 (Xi'an) and 西藏 (Tibet).

例句

1. 太阳从西边落下。
2. 公园在学校的西边。
3. 往西走五分钟就到了。

用法指南

语境: direction, geography

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 火车站在西边。(The train station is to the west.)
• 中国的西部有很多山。(There are many mountains in western China.)

错误说法

• 去西走。(Wrong — say 往西走; use 往 before directional words to indicate 'towards')

起源与历史

Originally a pictograph of a bird nesting at sunset, representing the direction of the setting sun — the west.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal