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xiá

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xiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
knight-errant
brave and chivalrous
hero
heroic
chivalrous person; knight-errant

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About xiá

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xiá

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

person

Etymology of xiá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻夹

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and jiā represents the sound. Simplified form of xiá .

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Example sentences using xiá

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xiàng 杰克 Jié kè ·尼科尔森这样 zhè yàng de 巨星 jù xīng 单从蝙蝠侠 Biān fú xiá 一部片子 piān zi Zhōng jiù zhuàn le 5亿美元 shì 不太可能 shòu 影响 yǐngxiǎng 的。

Megastars like Jack Nicholson, who made $500 million from Batman alone, are unlikely to be affected.

价值 jiàzhí shǔ 百万英镑 de 蝙蝠侠 Biān fú xiá 》的衍生 yǎn shēng 产品 chǎnpǐn

millions of pounds' worth of Batman merchandising

这部电影 diànyǐng 最早 zài 1957 Nián 上映 shàng yìng Hòu bèi 翻拍 fān pāi wéi xiá 荡寇 zhì 》。

Originally released in 1957, the film was remade as "The Magnificent Seven".

似乎 sìhū 天生 tiānshēng 就是 jiù shì 独行侠 dú xíng xiá 不愿 bù yuàn 费神 fèi shén 多交几个 jǐ ge 朋友 péngyou

He seemed to be a naturally solitary person, troubling himself about only a few friends.

Words with xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiá hero xiá
大侠 dà xiá knight大俠
武侠 wǔxiá knight-errant武俠
游侠 yóu xiá knight-errant遊俠
武侠小说 wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō a martial arts (wuxia) novel武俠小說
侠客 xiá kè chivalrous person俠客
侠义 xiá yì chivalrous俠義
独行侠 dú xíng xiá loner獨行俠
侠士 xiá shì knight-errant俠士
豪侠 háo xiá brave and chivalrous豪俠
水行侠 Shuǐ xíng xiá Aquaman, DC comic book superhero (Tw)水行俠
侠气 xiá qì chivalry俠氣
任侠 rèn xiá chivalrous任俠
三侠五义 Sān xiá wǔ yì Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 píng huà master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆 Shí Yù kūn 三俠五義

xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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xiá Decomposition

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