膝
knee
- Strokes
- 15
- Pinyin
- xī
Parts
Words with 膝
- 促膝cù xī · cuxito sit knee to knee
- 牛膝niú xī · niuxiAchyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
- 盘膝pán xī · panxicross-legged
- 绕膝rào xī · raoxi(children) run around parent's knees; fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
- 膝下xī xià · xixiaat the knee (in reference to children); (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents)
- 膝盖xī gài · xigaiknee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- 膝袒xī tǎn · xitanto walk on one's knees and bare one's breast (a gesture of deepest apology)
- 护膝hù xī · huxikneepad; knee brace
- 双膝shuāng xī · shuangxiboth knees
- 齐膝qí xī · qixilevel with one's knees; knee-length (skirt etc); knee-deep (mud etc)
- 屈膝礼qū xī lǐ · quxilicurtsy
- 牛膝草niú xī cǎo · niuxicaohyssop (Hyssopus officinalis)
- 磕膝盖kē xī gài · kexigai(dialect) knee
- 膝上型xī shàng xíng · xishangxinglaptop (computer)
- 膝上舞xī shàng wǔ · xishangwulap dance
- 膝盖骨xī gài gǔ · xigaigukneecap
- 促膝谈心cù xī tán xīn · cuxitanxin(idiom) to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk
- 卑躬屈膝bēi gōng qū xī · beigongquxito bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- 奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xī · nuyanbixiservile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- 绕膝承欢rào xī chéng huān · raoxichenghuanto live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
- 膝上型电脑xī shàng xíng diàn nǎo · xishangxingdiannaolaptop (computer)
- 男人膝下有黄金nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn · nanrenxixiayouhuangjinlit. the man has gold under his knees; fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)