How do you use Cixi in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cixi meaning
A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
Using Cixi
- The main meaning on this page is: A county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
- In the example corpus, cixi often appears in combinations such as: dowager cixi, cixi cixi.
Context around Cixi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cixi
- In this selection, "cixi" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dowager, princess, magic, rewarded, decided and reluctantly stand out and add context to how "cixi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1898 however cixi decided that and boxers magic cixi replied perhaps. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cixi" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cixi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cixi’s reforms included importing food to feed the population. (10 words)
Besides the compensation, Empress Dowager Cixi reluctantly started some reforms despite her previous views. (14 words)
Manchu is a daughter of the Shamardal mare Princess Cixi, a half-sister to the French Group Two winner Ocavango. (20 words)
To overcome such problems, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict in 1901 calling for reform proposals from the governors-general and governors and initiated the era of the dynasty's " New Policies ", also known as the "Late Qing Reform". (40 words)
While Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army, now swollen by the addition of the Boxers, wished to press the siege, Ronglu's imperial forces seem to have largely attempted to follow Empress Dowager Cixi's decree and protect the legations. (39 words)
In response to a high official who doubted the efficacy of the Boxers' magic, Cixi replied: :Perhaps their magic is not to be relied upon; but can we not rely on the hearts and minds of the people? (38 words)
In response to a high official who doubted the efficacy of the Boxers' magic, Cixi replied: :Perhaps their magic is not to be relied upon; but can we not rely on the hearts and minds of the people? (38 words)
Example sentences (11)
Ronglu was one of the leaders of the conservative faction in the Qing court, and a staunch supporter of Empress Dowager Cixi ; Cixi rewarded his support by marrying his daughter, Puyi's mother, into the imperial family.
Manchu is a daughter of the Shamardal mare Princess Cixi, a half-sister to the French Group Two winner Ocavango.
Cixi’s reforms included importing food to feed the population.
After the death of Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor in 1908, the hardline Manchu court alienated reformers and local elites alike.
After the Guangxu Emperor's Hundred Days' Reform in 1898, however, Cixi decided that the reforms were too drastic, and plotted to restore her own regency through a coup d'état.
Besides the compensation, Empress Dowager Cixi reluctantly started some reforms despite her previous views.
Cixi declared war on all of these nations, only to lose control of Beijing after a short, but hard-fought campaign.
Empress Dowager Cixi did not personally order imperial troops to conduct a siege, and on the contrary had ordered them to protect the foreigners in the legations.
In response to a high official who doubted the efficacy of the Boxers' magic, Cixi replied: :Perhaps their magic is not to be relied upon; but can we not rely on the hearts and minds of the people?
To overcome such problems, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an imperial edict in 1901 calling for reform proposals from the governors-general and governors and initiated the era of the dynasty's " New Policies ", also known as the "Late Qing Reform".
While Dong Fuxiang's Gansu army, now swollen by the addition of the Boxers, wished to press the siege, Ronglu's imperial forces seem to have largely attempted to follow Empress Dowager Cixi's decree and protect the legations.
Common combinations with cixi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: