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

/ saɪ; ksaɪ; ksiː; zaɪ /

noun

1. the 14th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ), a composite consonant, transliterated as x

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)

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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