HSK 6 · Media

武侠 wǔxiá “martial arts hero” in Chinese

Traditional 武俠

What 武侠 means

  1. martial arts hero
  2. martial arts fiction (wuxia)
  3. martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre)
  4. knight-errant

How to say 武侠

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale武wǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale侠xiá2nd tone, rising

武侠 in a sentence

  1. 他从小就喜欢看武侠小说。

    Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan kàn wǔxiá xiǎoshuō.

    He has loved martial arts novels since he was a child.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是一部很有名的武侠电影。

    Zhè shì yí bù hěn yǒumíng de wǔxiá diànyǐng.

    This is a very famous martial arts film.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 武侠 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 武 (wǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
武wǔmartial
  • 一one · yī
  • 弋shoot · yì
  • 止stop · zhǐ
The character 侠 (xiá) with each of its parts in a different colour
侠xiáknight-errant
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 夹to support · gāSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 夹 (gā) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiá.

How to write 武侠

武 8 strokes · 侠 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 武侠

Words with 武

武术wǔshù · martial arts武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces武器wǔqì · weapon

More words: Media & Arts

问世wènshì · to be published文物wénwù · cultural relic文艺wényì · literature and the arts舞蹈wǔdǎo · dance相声xiàngsheng · comic dialogue (crosstalk)肖像xiàoxiàng · portrait绣xiù · to embroider旋律xuánlǜ · melody

FAQs

武侠 (wǔxiá) means “martial arts hero” or “martial arts fiction (wuxia)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wǔxiá: wǔ with a 3rd tone, then xiá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 武侠 is written 武俠. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wuxia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 武侠 from the suggestions. Typing wuxia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
武侠 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.