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Character · NounTraditional谿

stream; brook (literary variant of 溪)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

stream; brook; creek

literary

Literary or archaic variant of 溪. Commonly used in place names and classical literature. The character combines the semantic component 谷 (valley) with the phonetic 奚 (xī).

Qīng清
qīng清
de的
xī谿
shuǐ水
liú流
guò过
shān山
gǔ谷
 。

The clear stream flows through the mountain valley.

Shān山
xī谿
liǎng两
páng旁
zhǎng长
mǎn满
le了
yě野
huā花
 。

Wildflowers grow abundantly along both sides of the mountain stream.

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Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
zài在
xī谿
biān边
chuí垂
diào钓
 。

Ancient people often fished by the stream.