xi

[ zahy, sahy; Greek ksee ]

/ zaɪ, saɪ; Greek ksi /

noun, plural xis.

the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ).

the group of consonant sounds represented by this letter.

Nearby words

xerotic, xerox, xerus, xerxes i, xhosa, xi, xi baryon, xi jiang, xi particle, xi'an, xi-c baryon

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Examples from the Web for xi

At the summit, Xi had been front and center, seemingly without peer.
Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment|Ben Leung|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today was the only time all week that Xi shared a platform with another world leader in Beijing on an equal footing.
Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment|Ben Leung|November 12, 2014|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.
Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment|Ben Leung|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By contrast, if body language is any indication, Obama and Xi were getting along rather well.
Beijing’s ‘Star Trek’ APEC Summit|Jake Adelstein|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Yet, after months of backdoor negotiations there was Xi, stone-facedly shaking hands with a smirking Abe.
Beijing’s ‘Star Trek’ APEC Summit|Jake Adelstein|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
War speedily broke out anew, and lasted till 1331 when Alphonso XI.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 5|Various
For the Isis ceremony cf. Apuleius, Metamorphoses, xi, 24 f.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
When we remember that the verbal resemblance between Matthew xi.
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights|William Hallock Johnson
All this is in commemoration of an unsuccessful attempt to capture the city by Louis XI.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
He was followed by two pages, who bore the king's toilet articles; but what struck Louis XI.
Notre-Dame de Paris|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for xi (1 of 2)

xi

/ (zaɪ, saɪ, ksaɪ, ksiː) /

noun plural xis

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

British Dictionary definitions for xi (2 of 2)

Xi

Hsi or Si

/ (ʃiː) /

noun

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)

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