系辞 xìcí linking verb Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents xìcí linking verb 系 係 xì to be Used in formal or literary writing to identify something or someone as being a certain thing; equivalent to 是 shì.辞 辭 cí nounverb word (bound form) Language; diction; speech; a statement or phrasexìcí hexagram statements · The Great Treatise 系 xì nounverb to connect (bound form) to link; to join; to relate to辞 辭 cí nounverb word (bound form) Language; diction; speech; a statement or phrase