西
Pinyin: xī
west
Example sentence
太阳从西边下去。
Tàiyáng cóng xībiān xiàqù.
The sun sets in the west.
What 西 means
西 (xī) is a Chinese word meaning “west”. It belongs to the Places & Travel topic and appears at HSK 3 (and again in HSK 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.