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xiá

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xiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
distant, far; to abandon, to cast away

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About xiá

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xiá

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of xiá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶叚

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

jiǎ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and jiǎ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiá

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布艺 剪纸 jiǎn zhǐ xiù děng 民间 mínjiān 手工艺品闻名遐迩 wén míng xiá ěr .

Cloth, paper cutting, embroidery and other famous folk arts and crafts.

yīn shì 严格纪律执行者 ér 闻名遐迩 wén míng xiá ěr

He has a reputation for being a strict disciplinarian.

Words with xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
遐想 xiá xiǎng reverie遐想 xiá xiǎng
闻名遐迩 wén míng xiá ěr to be famous far and wide (idiom)聞名遐邇
xiá distant xiá
遐思 xiá sī reverie遐思 xiá sī
遐迩 xiá ěr near and far遐邇
遐迩闻名 xiá ěr wén míng famous everywhere遐邇聞名
室迩人遐 shì ěr rén xiá to long for sb far away室邇人遐

xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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