HSK 5 · Adjectives

瞎 xiā “blind” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 瞎 means

  1. blind
  2. aimlessly
  3. recklessly
  4. groundlessly
  5. foolishly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to no purpose

How to say 瞎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale瞎xiā1st tone, high and level

瞎 in a sentence

  1. 我的右眼瞎了。

    Wǒ de yòu yǎn xiā le.

    I’m blind in my right eye.

    Sentence #919860 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我在瞎逛。

    Wǒ zài xiā guàng.

    I’m just wandering around aimlessly.

    Sentence #1948461 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 只是瞎猜的。

    Zhǐshì xiā cāi de.

    That was just a wild guess.

    Sentence #13860852 from Tatoeba

How 瞎 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 瞎 (xiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
瞎xiāblind
  • 目eye · mù
  • 害to injure · hài

How to write 瞎

瞎 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 瞎

More words: Adjectives

温柔wēnróu · gentle文明wénmíng · civilised稳定wěndìng · steady系统xìtǒng · system鲜艳xiānyàn · bright-coloured现实xiànshí · reality相似xiāngsì · similar小气xiǎoqì · stingy

FAQs

瞎 (xiā) means “blind” or “aimlessly”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiā: xiā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 瞎 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xia with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 瞎 from the suggestions. Typing xia into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
瞎 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.