xī shū
sparse
infrequent
thinly spread
zhēn xī
rare
precious and uncommon
xī
rare
uncommon
watery
sparse
yī xī
vaguely
dimly
probably
very likely
xī han
rare
uncommon
rarity
to value as a rarity
to cherish
Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3]
xī qí gǔ guài
crazy
bizarre
weird
fantastic
strange
xī tǔ yuán sù
rare earth element (chemistry)
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
xī zhōu
water gruel
thin porridge
xī li huā lā
(onom.) rustling sound
sound of rain or of sth falling down
in disorder
completely smashed
badly battered
broken to pieces
rén yān xī shǎo
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
xī sōng
poor
sloppy
unconcerned
heedless
lax
unimportant
trivial
loose
porous
xī làn
smashed up
broken into pieces
thoroughly mashed
pulpy
huò xī ní
to try to smooth things over
to paper over the issues
to gloss things over
xī yǒu qì tǐ
rare gas
noble gas (chemistry)
xī yǒu yuán sù
trace element (nutrition)
xī sōng gǔ zhì
cancellous bone
trabecular bone
spongy bone
jiàn xī
to thin out gradually
to become fainter and fainter
lā xī
(coll.) to have diarrhea
to shrink back
to cower
dì guǎng rén xī
vast, but sparsely populated