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# xi

numeral (Roman numeral XI); noun (xi, the Greek letter Ξ ξ); noun (Xi, a name)

«xi» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Roman numeral for 11. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#m1)
2. The 14th letter of the Greek alphabet, written Ξ or ξ. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#m2)
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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x1)
- Chapter XI is the last chapter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x2)
- XI means ten plus one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x3)
- Pope Pius XI lived about a hundred years ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x4)
- Xi is a letter in the Greek alphabet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x5)
- The news showed President Xi meeting other leaders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x6)
- Thus, too, there was Louis XI. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/#x7)

### Note

Read «the first XI» as «the first eleven». In Chinese names «Xi» is said «shee», not «zy». It is not an English word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «xi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/X/xi/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«xi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/xi.html) on Mova free.