"膝" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Structure
Decomp. 月木人氺
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Pinyin xi1
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BDOE
月木人水
Sijiao 7423.2
Wubi ESWI
CNS 11643 1-6E4E
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Unicode U+819D
GB2312 CFA5
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 xī knee
Results beginning with 膝
 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
 xī tǎn to walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
 xī guān jié knee joint
 xī gài gǔ kneecap
 xī shàng wǔ lap dance
 xī shàng xíng laptop (computer)
  below-knee prosthesis
  above-knee prosthesis
  above-knee amputation / femural amputation
  below-knee amputation / tibial amputation
 xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo laptop (computer)
 xī shàng xíng jì suàn jī laptop computer
Approximate Results for 膝
 shuāng xī both knees
 pán xī cross-legged
 hù xī kneepad / knee brace
 cù xī lit. knees pressed close / intimate / seated side by side / in close contact
 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
 qí xī level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)
 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
 kē xī gài (dialect) knee
 niú xī cǎo hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
 qū xī lǐ curtsy
 bēi gōng qū xī to bow and bend the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
 cù xī tán xīn to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
 nú yán bì xī servile and bending the knee (idiom) / fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
 rào xī chéng huān to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
  thigh pylon / thigh-piece pylon / thigh section
 nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn lit. the man has gold under his knees / fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
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