the 14th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ), a composite consonant, transliterated as x
Xi in British English
or Hsi or Si (ʃiː)
noun
a river in S China, rising in Yunnan province and flowing east to the Zhu Jiang delta on the South China Sea: the main river system of S China. Length: about 1900 km (1200 miles)
Xi in American English
(ʃi)
river in S China, flowing east into the South China Sea: 1,250 mi (2,012 km)
xi in American English1
(zaɪ; saɪ; Greek ksi)
noun
the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ)
Word origin
Gr xi, earlier xei
xi in American English2
or XI
ex (without) interest
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All related terms of 'xi'
Xi'an
an industrial city in central China , capital of Shaanxi province : capital of China for 970 years at various times between the 3rd century bc and the 10th century ad ; seat of the Northwestern University (1937); famous for Qin dynasty emperor Qinshihuang's tomb (207 bc ) with 8000- strong terracotta army . Pop: 3 256 000 (2005 est)
Zi Xi
1835–1908, Chinese empress dowager , who as regent for her son Tong Zhi and her nephew Guang Xu dominated Chinese politics from 1861 to 1908. Her reactionary policies were instrumental in the fall of imperial China
Chu Xi
1130–1200, Chinese philosopher , known for his neo-Confucian commentaries , the Ssu shu or Four Books
Pius XI
original name Achille Ratti. 1857–1939, Italian ecclesiastic ; pope (1922–39). He signed the Lateran Treaty (1929), by which the Vatican City was recognized as an independent state. His encyclicals condemned Nazism and Communism
Louis XI
1423–83, king of France (1461–83); involved in a struggle with his vassals , esp the duke of Burgundy , in his attempt to unite France under an absolute monarchy
Charles XI
1655–97, king of Sweden (1660–97), who established an absolute monarchy and defeated Denmark (1678)
Xi Jinping
born 1953, Chinese Communist statesman; president of China from 2013
Constantine XI
1404–53, last Byzantine emperor (1448–53): killed when Constantinople was captured by the Turks
chapter 11
the statute regarding the reorganization of a failing business empowering a court to allow the debtors to remain in control of the business to attempt to save it