inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day)
Ōnishi (Japanese surname)
Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French mathematician
Puxi, the area of Shanghai located west of the Huangpu River 黄浦江[huáng pǔ jiāng], known as the historic urban center of the city
West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
1.Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols2.see 西夏区[xī xià qū]
another name for Xishi 西施[xī shī]
1.Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing)2.also called 洋务运动
Mt Hua 华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五岳[wǔ yuè]
historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an 雅安[yǎ ān]
punitive expedition to the west
1.the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards2.Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
1.Xichang Satellite Launch Center2.see 西昌市[xī chāng shì]
Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
1.Gregorian calendar2.Western calendar
Western Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421)
Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system
Western Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (385-431)
Xiluo or Hsilo town in Yunlin county 云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218
Xiqing suburban district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
1.(Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise2.(fig.) to die
Central and Western district of Hong Kong
1.Chinese and Western medicine2.a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
1.diazepam (loanword)2.Valium
Dingxi, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省[gān sù shěng]
Yuexi, a county in Anqing City 安庆市[ān qìng shì], Anhui
Guangxi Province, which in 1958 became Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 广西壮族自治区[guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū], capital Nanning 南宁[nán níng]
Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer
Jiexi, a county in Jieyang City 揭阳市[jiē yáng shì], Guangdong
Linxi, a county in Chifeng City 赤峰市[chì fēng shì], Inner Mongolia
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
1.Qiaoxi, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市[shí jiā zhuāng shì], Hebei2.Qiaoxi, a district of Zhangjiakou City 张家口市[zhāng jiā kǒu shì], Hebei
Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang 南昌市[nán chāng shì] (short name 赣[gàn])
Fenxi, a county in Linfen City 临汾市[lín fén shì], Shanxi
Hexi district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[tiān jīn shì]
Jianxi, a district of Luoyang City 洛阳市[luò yáng shì], Henan