西施 xī shī

famous ancient beauty; very beautiful woman

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 29819th word

Definitions

  1. 1. Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties sì dà měi nǚ[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian gōu jiàn of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu

Characters

Character Meaning
west; the West; abbr. for Spain 西xī bān yá
to carry out; to give; to grant