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xiè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiè | xie4
English translation
dirty, ragged; slight, insult, disrespect

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About xiè

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiè

Contains the radical

tóu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Hands grasping  zhí and tearing apart a dress 

Etymology of xiè

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

衣执

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Example sentences using xiè

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刚刚 gāng gang 听到 tīng dào 那番亵渎 xiè dú 上帝 Shàng dì 的话 de huà le !

You have just heard his blasphemy!

男人 nán rén men 吊儿郎当 diào r láng dāng de zhàn zhāo 大口 dà kǒu 大口地 zhāo 啤酒 píjiǔ 偶尔 ǒuěr Huán duì zhāo 路过 lù guò de 女性 nǚ xìng 猥亵 wěi xiè 地笑

Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females.

这样 zhè yàng de rén hěn 容易 róngyì bèi rén 抨击 pēng jī wéi 亵渎神明 xiè dú shén míng

Such a figure is liable to be attacked as a blasphemer.

这位 zhè wèi 下院 xià yuàn 议员 yì yuán chèn 这些 zhè xiē 谋杀 móu shā shì zài 上帝 Shàng dì 面前 miàn qián de 公然 gōngrán 亵渎 xiè dú

The MP described the killings as a blasphemy before God.

他们 tā men yīn 存在 cúnzài 严重 yánzhòng 猥亵行为 ér 被判有罪 yǒu zuì

They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.

Words with xiè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
亵渎 xiè dú to blaspheme褻瀆
猥亵 wěi xiè obscene猥褻
xiè obscene xiè
淫亵 yín xiè obscene淫褻
亵慢 xiè màn irreverent褻慢

xiè Decomposition & Compounds

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