HSK 6 · Objects

屑 xiè “crumbs” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 屑 means

  1. crumbs
  2. scraps
  3. filings
  4. bits
  5. fragments
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • trifling
  • trivial

How to say 屑

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale屑xiè4th tone, falling

屑 in a sentence

  1. 地上都是木屑。

    Dìshang dōu shì mùxiè.

    The floor is covered in sawdust.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 小狗把饼干屑吃得干干净净。

    Xiǎogǒu bǎ bǐnggān xiè chī de gāngānjìngjìng.

    The puppy ate up every last biscuit crumb.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 屑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 屑 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
屑xièbits
  • 尸corpse · shīMeaning part
  • 肖to resemble · xiàoSound part

尸 hints at the meaning (corpse); 肖 (xiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

How to write 屑

屑 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

屑 (xiè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 屑 (xiè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 屑

Words with 屑

不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain

More words: Objects & Materials

玩意儿wányìr · thing武器wǔqì · weapon弦xián · string (of an instrument or bow)纤维xiānwéi · fibre样品yàngpǐn · sample烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers油漆yóuqī · paint玉yù · jade

FAQs

屑 (xiè) means “crumbs” or “scraps”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiè: xiè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 屑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 屑 from the suggestions. Typing xie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
屑 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.