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Chi-hsi

Chi-hsi is the alternative form of Jixi.

Meaning of Jixi

Proper noun (1)

Jixi

  1. A prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.
    • Heilungkiang. The commander of the garrison of Chihsi was reported to have ordered an armed attack on a Red Guard rally on May 14, a number of Red Guards being wounded and 1,000 arrested, whilst 11 people were reported on June 12 to have been killed in fighting between 20,000 Maoists and...[1967, “The Wuhan Revolt and After”, in The Cultural Revolution in China: Its Origins and Course (Keesing's Research Report), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 50

Proper noun (2)

Jixi

  1. A county of Xuancheng, Anhui, China.
    • A native of Chihsi hsien, Anhwei, Hu Shih was born in Shanghai.[…]Hu Shih and his mother returned to the family home in Chihsi in early 1895, but Hu Ch'uan remained in Taitung, where he was serving as prefectural magistrate and garrison commander, until summer.[1968, “Hu Shih”, in Biographical Dictionary of Republican China, volume II, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 167

Origin of Chi-hsi

From Mandarin 雞西 /鸡西 (Jīxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Chi¹-hsi¹.

From Mandarin 績溪 /绩溪 (Jìxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Chi⁴-hsi¹.

Questions about Chi-hsi

What is Chi-hsi the alternative form of?
Chi-hsi is the alternative form of Jixi.

Words near Chi-hsi in the dictionary

  1. Chi-an
  2. chi-by-eye
  3. chi-chi
  4. chi-ching
  5. Chi-chou
  6. Chi-hsi
  7. chi-ike
  8. chi-iked
  9. chi-ikes
  10. chi-iking
  11. Chi-lin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chi-hsi (page history and authors); Jixi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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