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xiè

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xiè Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiè | xie4
English translation
crab, brachyura

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About xiè

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

xiè

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of xiè

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

解虫

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Xiè

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and Xiè represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using xiè

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yǒu chǎo fěn 红烧 hóng shāo 猪蹄 zhū tí 清蒸 qīng zhēng 螃蟹 páng xiè , 还有 hái yǒu wán Tāng .

There are fried rice, stewed pork leg, steamed crab, and fish soup.

Words with xiè

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiè crab xiè
螃蟹 páng xiè crab螃蟹 páng xiè
巨蟹座 Jù xiè zuò Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)巨蟹座 Jù xiè zuò
蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat蟹肉 xiè ròu
寄居蟹 jì jū xiè hermit crab寄居蟹 jì jū xiè
河蟹 hé xiè river crab河蟹 hé xiè
蟹黄 xiè huáng crab meat蟹黃
蟹粉 xiè fěn crab meat蟹粉 xiè fěn
虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng useless troops (idiom)蝦兵蟹將

xiè Decomposition & Compounds

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