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嬉皮士 (xī pí shì) — hippie

Definition

Chinese term for 'hippie' — a 1960s counterculture youth who rejected mainstream values, opposed war, and promoted peace and love. It is a transliteration of the English word rather than a native coinage.

noun
hippie

Examples

  • ，嬉皮士。
    Èr shí shì jì liù shí nián dài, hěn duō nián qīng rén chéng le xī pí shì.
    In the 1960s, many young people became hippies.
  • 嬉皮士，。
    xī pí shì Men fǎn duì zhàn zhēng, tí chàng hé píng yǔ ài.
    Hippies opposed war and advocated peace and love.
  • 嬉皮士。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng de shì yí gè xī pí shì de gù shi.
    This movie tells the story of a hippie.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
女女nǚ
Sound part声符shēngfú
喜
喜xǐ嬉⁰xī
Same sound today

嬉 has 女 on the left and 喜 on the right; the 喜 part gives the sound and means joy.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

皮 shows a hand pulling fur off an animal pelt, with the pelt drawn at the upper left.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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