稀
xī HSK7

rare

稀 xī
sparse adjective
scattered or sparse in distribution

这里的树木长得很稀。

zhè​lǐ de shù​mù zhǎng de hěn xī.

The trees here grow very sparsely.

extremely adjective
totally or extremely, typically used with negative attributes

那个杯子掉在地上摔得稀碎。

nà gè bēi​zi diào zài dì shàng shuāi de xī suì.

That cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

rare adjective
uncommon or rare

这种稀有金属在自然界中含量极稀。

zhè zhǒng xī​yǒu jīn​shǔ zài zì​rán​jiè zhōng hán​liàng jí xī.

The concentration of this rare metal in nature is extremely low.

thin food noun
a liquid or thin food substance such as soup or thin congee

医生建议他这几天先喝点稀的。

yī​shēng jiàn​yì tā zhè jǐ tiān xiān hē diǎn xī de.

The doctor suggested he stick to a liquid diet for the next few days.

watery adjective
diluted or of a thin, watery consistency

这碗粥煮得太稀了。

zhè wǎn zhōu zhǔ de tài xī le.

This bowl of porridge was cooked too watery.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,788th most common 47.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,217th most common 13.9 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.10 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
15.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7A00

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)