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xiá

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xiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
red clouds
rosy clouds

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About xiá

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

xiá

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

rain

Etymology of xiá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雨叚

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiǎ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiǎ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiá

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shì 不是 bú shi 那个 nà ge 容易 róngyì 冲动 chōngdòng yòu hǎo 走极端 de 姑娘 gūniang 一切 yīqiè dōu 告诉 gàosu le xiá ?

Had the impulsive and desperate girl spoken out to Letitia to the fullest?

shì 红星 Hóng xīng 公司 gōngsī de 李霞.

I'm Li Xia from Red Star Company.

伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá 成为 chéngwéi 中国 Zhōngguó shǒu wèi 拥有 yōngyǒu 5 Méi 奥运 Aò yùn 金牌 jīn pái de 选手 xuǎnshǒu .

A : Fu Mingxia became the first Chinese woman with 5 career medals.

追根 zhuī gēn 究底,与其说 dòu zhě 在读王映霞,不如说他们 tā men 在读达夫.

Argumentative and Wang Yingxia time in more readers than they read Yu.

常用 cháng yòng de 长石 cháng shí 主要 zhǔyào yǒu : 花岗 yán xiá 正长石 zhèng cháng shí děng 火烧 huǒ shāo yán .

Feldspar commonly used are: granite a long stone set fire to rocks.

Words with xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiá red clouds xiá
晚霞 wǎn xiá sunset glow晚霞 wǎn xiá
林青霞 Lín Qīng xiá Brigitte Lin (1954-), Taiwanese actress林青霞 Lín Qīng xiá
霞光 xiá guāng multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset霞光 xiá guāng
栖霞 Xī xiá Xixia county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台 Yān tái , Shandong棲霞
王军霞 Wáng Jūn xiá Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner王軍霞
彩霞 cǎi xiá clouds tinged with sunset hues彩霞 cǎi xiá
徐霞客 Xú Xiá kè Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记 Xú Xiá kè Yóu jì [Xú​Xiá​kè​Yóu​jì]徐霞客 Xú Xiá kè
栖霞区 Qī xiá qū Qixia District of Nanjing City 南京市 Nán jīng shì in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏 Jiāng sū 棲霞區
霞浦 Xiá pǔ Xiapu county in Ningde 寧德|宁德 Níng dé [Níng​dé], Fujian霞浦 Xiá pǔ
烟霞 yān xiá haze煙霞
伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá
霞飞 Xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One霞飛
霞浦县 Xiá pǔ xiàn Xiapu county in Ningde 寧德|宁德 Níng dé [Níng​dé], Fujian霞浦縣
丹霞山 Dān xiá Shān Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关 Sháo guān [Sháo​guān], Guangdong丹霞山 Dān xiá Shān
栖霞市 Xī xiá shì Xixia county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台 Yān tái , Shandong棲霞市
霞山区 Xiá shān qū Xiashan district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市 Zhàn jiāng shì [Zhàn​jiāng​shì], Guangdong霞山區

xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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xiá Decomposition

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