Example sentences for: cixi

How can you use “cixi” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Cixi celebrated many of her birthdays at the Summer Palace, and she was especially fond of theatrical performances, in which she sometimes played a role.

  • Demands for reform won the support of the emperor, but his notoriously scheming aunt, the Empress Dowager Cixi (Tz’u Hsi), edged him off the throne.

  • The Beijing Zoo (Beijing Dongwu Yuan) is the creation of Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1908 converted this private Ming Dynasty garden estate into a preserve for some 700 exotic animals imported from Germany.

  • On the western shore of Beihai’s lake are several pavilions and gardens built during the Qing Dynasty, including a fine rock and water garden, Hao Pu Jian, where the Empress Dowager Cixi listened to music.

  • Three of China’s most famous rulers are buried here, including Emperor Qianlong (1711–1799), Emperor Kangxi (1654–1722), and the notorious Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908).


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