xi
part of speech
numeral (Roman numeral XI); noun (xi, the Greek letter Ξ ξ); noun (Xi, a name)
meaning for a pupil
1) The Roman numeral for 11. tree →
2) The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet, written Ξ or ξ. tree →
3) (Mandarin, pinyin) A Chinese syllable or family name, as in Xi Jinping, the leader of China (a name); in Chinese it sounds like «shee». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, XI means 10 + 1 = 11. In sport, a cricket or football «XI» is a team of eleven players, as in «the England XI». In news, Xi is the family name of China's leader.
examples
- The football team is called the first XI. tree →
- Chapter XI is the last chapter. tree →
- XI means ten plus one. tree →
- Pope Pius XI lived about a hundred years ago. tree →
- Xi is a letter in the Greek alphabet. tree →
- The news showed President Xi meeting other leaders. tree →
- Thus, too, there was Louis XI. tree →
note
Read «the first XI» as «the first eleven». In Chinese names «Xi» is said «shee», not «zy». It is not an English word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «xi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.