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xìn

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xìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xìn | xin4
English translation
quarrel
dispute
a blood sacrifice (arch.)
to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice

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About xìn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xìn

Contains the radical

xuè

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

blood

Etymology of xìn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

血半

Semantic compound

xuè

Phonetic compound

bàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xuè represents the meaning and bàn represents the sound. Simplified form of xìn .

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Example sentences using xìn

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约翰 Yuē hàn 寻衅 xún xìn 杰克 Jié kè 打架 dǎjià ,结果 jiēguǒ chī 其苦.

John picked a fight with Jack and came off worst.

一切 yīqiè zài bǎo le 肚子 dùzi 之后 zhī hòu Xiàng 挑衅 tiǎoxìn de hún dàn , dōu hèn !

It hates all those who provoke it after it has eaten its fill.

yīn 受到 shòudào 挑衅 tiǎoxìn ér 过失杀人 guò shī shā rén de 有罪 yǒu zuì 答辩 dábiàn bèi 驳回 bó huí

Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.

他们 tā men Xiàng 防暴警察 fáng bào jǐng chá 挑衅 tiǎoxìn 大骂 dà mà 防暴警察 fáng bào jǐng chá 同样 tóng yàng 回骂他们。

They hurled defiant taunts at the riot police, who responded in kind.

喝醉 hē zuì le jiù 喜欢 xǐhuan 寻衅滋事

He gets aggressive when he's drunk.

Words with xìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
挑衅 tiǎoxìn to provoke挑釁
xìn quarrel xìn
寻衅 xún xìn to pick a quarrel尋釁
边衅 biān xìn border conflict邊釁
观衅伺隙 guān xìn sì xì to look for the Achilles' heel觀釁伺隙

xìn Decomposition & Compounds

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xìn Decomposition

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