膝
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knee
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How 膝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 桼 (phonetic)
components: ⺼ 桼
How to remember it
knees · Heisig RSH #2025
flesh + Baron von Rumpelbrella
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 膝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 男人膝下有黄金 | nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn | lit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of ot… |
| 膝上型电脑 | xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo | laptop (computer) |
| 牛膝草 | niú xī cǎo | hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) |
| 膝上型 | xī shàng xíng | laptop (computer) |
| 膝上舞 | xī shàng wǔ | lap dance |
| 膝盖骨 | xī gài gǔ | kneecap |
| 膝下 | xī xià | at the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandpar… |
| 促膝谈心 | cù xī tán xīn | (idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk |
| 双膝 | shuāng xī | both knees |
| 牛膝 | niú xī | Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) |
| 盘膝 | pán xī | cross-legged |
| 护膝 | hù xī | kneepad; knee brace |
| 屈膝礼 | qū xī lǐ | curtsy |
| 绕膝承欢 | rào xī chéng huān | to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom) |
| 齐膝 | qí xī | level with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc) |
| 膝盖 | xī gài | knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) |
| 绕膝 | rào xī | (children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents |
| 磕膝盖 | kē xī gài | (dialect) knee |
| 卑躬屈膝 | bēi gōng qū xī | to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor |
| 促膝 | cù xī | to sit knee to knee |