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(xiè xiè) - thank you in Mandarin

xièxiè

Traditional: 謝謝

Line drawing of 谢谢
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HSK 1
#83 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

thank you

Word origin

A reduplicated form of 谢 (xiè) 'to thank', doubled as the everyday thank you. 谢 has the 讠 'speech' radical with 射 (shè) as phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
谢 (xiè, 'to thank'; 讠 speech radical + 射 phonetic) reduplicated

Stroke order

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Examples

Thank you for your help!

No need to thank me, it is what I should do.

Thank you very much!

Thank you for the gift.

Thank you for chatting with me.

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This word is part of lesson 2.