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xiá

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xiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
narrow
narrow-minded
old variant of xiá
> xiá [xiá]
narrow, limited; narrow-minded

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About xiá

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiá

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of xiá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭夹

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

jiā

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using xiá

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xiá 轴承 zhóu chéng zhǐ 需要 xūyào jiào duǎn de 距离 jùlí jiù Néng 产生 chǎnshēng Quán 宽度 kuān dù 润滑 rùn huá .

The narrower bearings required less distance to develop full width films.

chuán cháng 驾驶 jiàshǐ de 船穿 Guò le 狭窄 xiázhǎi de 航道 háng dào .

The captain sailed his ship through the narrow channel.

kěn xiá 醋源 péng 涣械 kòu ? xuàn ?

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他们 tā men de Chē yìng bèi 塞进 le 狭小 xiá xiǎo de 空间 kōngjiān

Their cars are shoehorned into tiny spaces.

他们 tā men chōng 下楼梯来到 lái dào 狭窄 xiázhǎi 肮脏 āng zāng de 街上 jiē shang

They chased down the stairs into the narrow, dirty street.

Words with xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
狭窄 xiázhǎi narrow狹窄
xiá narrow xiá
狭小 xiá xiǎo narrow狹小
狭隘 xiáài narrow狹隘
狭长 xiá cháng long and narrow狹長
狭义 xiá yì narrow sense狹義
狭路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face狹路相逢
偏狭 piān xiá prejudiced偏狹
窄狭 zhǎi xiá narrow窄狹
褊狭 biǎn xiá narrow褊狹

xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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xiá Decomposition

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