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xiè

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xiè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiè | xie4
English translation
to leak; diarrhea

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About xiè

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

xiè

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of xiè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵寫

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

xiě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and xiě represents the sound. Simplified form of xiè .

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Words with xiè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
腹泻 fùxiè diarrhea腹瀉
xiè to flood xiè
泻药 xiè yào laxative瀉藥
倾泻 qīng xiè to pour down in torrents傾瀉
泻湖 xiè hú lagoon瀉湖
泽泻 zé xiè water plantain rhizome (used in TCM)澤瀉
上吐下泻 shàng tù xià xiè to vomit and have diarrhea上吐下瀉
泄泻 xiè xiè loose bowels洩瀉
泻盐 xiè yán epsom salts瀉鹽
番泻叶 fān xiè yè senna leaf (Folium sennae)番瀉葉
奔泻 bēn xiè pour down奔瀉
泻肚 xiè dù to have diarrhea瀉肚
泻肚子 xiè dù zi to have diarrhea瀉肚子
乳糜泻 rǔ mí xiè celiac disease乳糜瀉

xiè Decomposition & Compounds

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