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HSI

HSI is the initialism of Homeland Security Investigations.

HSI is the initialism of Hispanic-serving institution.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Hsi

Hsi (plural Hsis)

  1. A surname.
    • An excellent example of the Chinese colporteur's zeal and capacity is afforded by Hsi Fuh Ts’ing, who lives at Hwangchow in the province of Hupeh.1929, “Along the Road”, in Another Milestone, London: British and Foreign Bible Society, →OCLC, page 67
    • In the course of this ‘Second Anti-Rightist Campaign’ (Erh-tz’u fan-yu), Ch’en Yün’s authority was considerably restricted, and the Vice-Premier and Secretary General of the State Council, Hsi Chung-hsün (member of the CC), was dismissed.1973 [1971], Jürgen Domes, “Opposition and 'Readjustment'”, in Rüdiger Machetzki, transl., The Internal Politics of China, 1949–1972, Praeger Publishers, translation of Die Ära Mao Tse-tung (in...

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Hsi

Hsi

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Xi.
    • The hilly topography restricts the cultivated area mainly to the valleys of the Hsi River and of its tributaries in Kuang-hsi and Kuang-tung and the lowlands of T'ai-wan and Hai-nan. Western T'ai-wan and the Hsi River delta have extremely high population densities.1958, “China, Agriculture and Food Supply”, in C. K. Leung, Norton Ginsburg, editors, The Pattern of Asia, Edgewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., published 1961, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177
    • Some 2,000 are reported to have escaped to Ichang alone, and finding no way to support themselves in the city, have engaged in group robberies. It was said the plundering of “Ichang Supplying and Sciling Cooperative” freighters traveling on the Hsi River was the work of these youths.1977 May 29, “Educated youths make trouble in big cities”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVIII, number 21, Taipei, →OCLC, page 3

Forms of HSI

Noun
pluralHSIs
Proper noun
pluralHsis
alternative Hanyu-PinyinXi

Origin of HSI

From Mandarin 習 /习 (Xí), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi².

From Mandarin 西 (Xī), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹.

Phrases with HSI

Words that rhyme with HSI

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Questions about HSI

What does HSI mean?
HSI means a surname.
What is HSI the initialism of?
HSI is the initialism of Homeland Security Investigations.
What part of speech is HSI?
HSI is a proper noun.

Words near HSI in the dictionary

  1. HSers
  2. HSF
  3. HSFs
  4. HSG
  5. HSH
  6. HSI
  7. Hsi Hu
  8. Hsi-an
  9. Hsi-ch'uan
  10. Hsi-ling
  11. Hsi-ning

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