夕 (xī / xì) means Evening, Dusk. Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
夕 阳照在江面上。
Xīyáng zhào zài jiāngmiàn shang.
The setting sun shone on the surface of the river.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夕阳
湖面反射着 夕 阳的光。
Húmiàn fǎnshèzhe xīyáng de guāng.
The lake reflected the light of the setting sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 反射
夕 阳把云彩染成了金色。
Xīyáng bǎ yúncai rǎn chéng le jīnsè.
The setting sun dyed the clouds gold.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 染
他们坐在山坡上看 夕 阳。
Tāmen zuò zài shānpō shang kàn xīyáng.
They sat on the hillside watching the sunset.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夕阳
除 夕 的晚上全家一起吃饭。
Chúxī de wǎnshang quánjiā yìqǐ chī fàn.
On New Year's Eve the whole family eats together.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 除夕
夕 阳把天边染得一片灿烂。
Xīyáng bǎ tiānbiān rǎn de yí piàn cànlàn.
The setting sun dyed the horizon in a blaze of colour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灿烂
除 夕 是一年中最热闹的一天。
Chúxī shì yì nián zhōng zuì rènao de yì tiān.
New Year's Eve is the liveliest day of the year.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 除夕
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Words that contain 夕
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Questions about 夕
How is 夕 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 夕 (xī / xì, "Evening, Dusk"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 夕 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 夕 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 夕?
The dictionary page for 夕 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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