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xiē Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiē | xie1
English translation
some
few
several
measure word indicating a small amount or small number (greater than 1)
little, few; rather, somewhat

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About xiē

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xiē

Contains the radical

èr

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

two

Etymology of xiē

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

此二

Semantic compound

èr

Phonetic compound

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Example sentences using xiē

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jiào 哈里 Hā lǐ kuài xiē .

Tell Harry to get a move on.

这种 zhè zhǒng 液体 yètǐ tiān Lěng shí 凝结 níng jié kuài xiē .

This liquid gels faster in cold weather.

农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

zài 海边 hǎi biān 发现 fāxiàn 一些 yī xiē .

He found some dead fish beside the sea.

duì 这些 zhè xiē mèng suǒ 显示 xiǎnshì 出来 chū lái de 肤浅 fū qiǎn de 爱好 àihào 大为 dà wéi 失望 shīwàng .

I was badly disappointed by the shallow interests such dreams betrayed.

Words with xiē

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
这些 zhè xiē these這些
一些 yī xiē some一些 yī xiē
那些 nà xiē those那些 nà xiē
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several xiē
有些 yǒu xiē some有些 yǒu xiē
某些 mǒu xiē some某些 mǒu xiē
哪些 nǎ xiē who?哪些 nǎ xiē
好些 hǎo xiē a good deal of好些 hǎo xiē
些许 xiē xǔ a few些許
险些 xiǎn xiē narrowly險些

xiē Decomposition & Compounds

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xiē Decomposition

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