(xiē) - some, a number of in Mandarin
xiēTraditional: 些
HSK 3
#471 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
some, a number of
Word origin
The character 些 (xiē) 'some, a few' is a phono-semantic compound: it carries 二 'two' at the base suggesting plurality, with 此 (cǐ) 'this' supplying the sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 此 (cǐ, phonetic) + 二 (two, suggesting plurality)
Stroke order
些
Examples
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I need some time.
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Buy some fruit on the way back.
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Some things are difficult to explain clearly.
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I bought some fruit.
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There are some books on the table.
些 (xiē) - some, a number of.
Appears in 5 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 些.
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