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xi

[ zahy, sahy; Greek ksee ]

noun

, plural xis.
  1. the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).
  2. the group of consonant sounds represented by this letter.


xi

1

/ ksaɪ; saɪ; ksiː; zaɪ /

noun

  1. the 14th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ), a composite consonant, transliterated as x
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Xi

2

/ ʃiː /

noun

  1. a river in S China, rising in Yunnan province and flowing east to the Canton delta on the South China Sea: the main river system of S China. Length: about 1900 km (1200 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Even Xi chimed in on the debate the other day by saying that the blue in ‘APEC blue’ should remain permanent.

Prior to that, Chinese state media had designated Obama as just one of many world leaders who had arrived in Beijing to see Xi.

At the summit, Xi had been front and center, seemingly without peer.

Today was the only time all week that Xi shared a platform with another world leader in Beijing on an equal footing.

Unlike Obama in the United States, Xi actually has the power to make that happen in China, if that is really what he wants to do.

It is well to state here that Daniel mentions Antichrist but once in his prophecies, in chapter xi:36, etc.

It was naturally to the effect that a return to the meagre scale of imposts under Louis XI.

If it arises from suppression of the menses, look in Chapter XI, p. 102, for the cure.

The figures shown in Plate XI represent four successive positions of the medium's hands and those of the sitters.

It was an important fortress in its day and was dismantled by the orders of Louis XI.

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