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(xiē) - some, a number of in Mandarin

xiē

Traditional: 些

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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

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Examples

。

I need some time.

。

Buy some fruit on the way back.

。

Some things are difficult to explain clearly.

。

I bought some fruit.

。

There are some books on the table.

些 (xiē) - some, a number of.

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Appears in 5 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 些.

这些zhè xiēthese那些nà xiēthose一些yì xiēsome, a few有些yǒu xiēsome, a few, somewhat某些mǒu xiēsome, certain (ones)

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This word is part of lesson 10.