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xié

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xié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xié | xie2
English translation
to seize; to hold to one's bosom

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About xié

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xié

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Wedged  jiā in one's arms  shǒu jiā also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xié

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌夹

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Example sentences using xié

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zhǔ zhāo 拐杖 guǎizhàng , zǒu 慢慢 màn màn de , 挟着本很 de 剪贴簿.

He came slowly, on crutches, clutching a big scrapbook.

劳丽是否 shìfǒu 知道 zhīdào diǎn 什么 shénme bìng 以此 yǐ cǐ 要挟 yāo xié 费莉西蒂呢

Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity?

手持棒球棒 de 囚犯 qiú fàn men 挟持 xié chí le 人质 rénzhì 使 shǐ 警察 jǐngchá 无法 wú fǎ 靠近 kào jìn

Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.

Words with xié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
挟持 xié chí to seize挾持
要挟 yāo xié to threaten要挾
xié to coerce xié
挟制 xié zhì forced submission挾製
挟带 xié dài to carry along挾帶
挟天子以令诸侯 xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hóu (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals挾天子以令諸侯

xié Decomposition & Compounds

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