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xiè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiè | xie4
English translation
to thank; to refuse politely

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About xiè

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

xiè

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

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Etymology of xiè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言射

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

shè

Explanation

Simplified form of xiè . Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and shè represents the sound.

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Words with xiè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
谢谢 xièxie to thank謝謝
感谢 gǎnxiè gratitude感謝
Xiè to thank xiè
多谢 duō xiè many thanks多謝
代谢 dài xiè replacement代謝
谢天谢地 xiè tiān xiè dì Thank heavens!謝天謝地
新陈代谢 xīnchéndàixiè metabolism (biology)新陳代謝
谢霆锋 Xiè Tíng fēng Tse Ting-Fung or Nicholas Tse (1980-), Cantopop star謝霆鋒
答谢 dá xiè to express one's thanks答謝
谢长廷 Xiè Cháng tíng Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005謝長廷
谢意 xiè yì gratitude謝意
谢绝 xièjué to refuse politely謝絕
谢幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call謝幕
道谢 dào xiè to express thanks道謝
致谢 zhì xiè to give thanks致謝
谢罪 xiè zuì to apologize for an offense謝罪
凋谢 diāo xiè to wither凋謝
谢恩 xiè ēn to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official)謝恩
谢赫 Xiè Hè Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊謝赫
酬谢 chóu xiè to thank with a gift酬謝
鸣谢 míng xiè vote of thanks鳴謝
谢尔盖 Xiè ěr gài Sergei (name)謝爾蓋
称谢 chēng xiè to express thanks稱謝

xiè Decomposition & Compounds

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