HSK 6 · Adjectives

狭隘 xiá'ài “narrow-minded” in Chinese

Traditional 狹隘

What 狭隘 means

  1. narrow-minded
  2. narrow
  3. (of a path etc) narrow
  4. (of a living space etc) cramped
  5. (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • limited

How to say 狭隘

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale狭xiá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale隘ài4th tone, falling

狭隘 in a sentence

  1. 别让狭隘的人让你相信你的梦想过于宏大。

    Bié ràng xiá'ài de rén ràng nǐ xiāngxìn nǐ de mèngxiǎng guòyú hóngdà.

    Don’t let narrow-minded people convince you that your dreams are too big.

    Sentence #10327497 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 狭隘 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 狭 (xiá) with each of its parts in a different colour
狭xiánarrow
  • 犭dog form of 犬 · quǎnMeaning part
  • 夹to support · gāSound part

犭 hints at the meaning (dog); 夹 (gā) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiá.

The character 隘 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
隘àinarrow
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 益to profit · yìSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 益 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with ài.

How to write 狭隘

狭 9 strokes · 隘 12 strokes

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

Words related to 狭隘

Words with 狭

狭窄xiázhǎi · narrow

More words: Adjectives

无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way无知wúzhī · ignorant现成xiànchéng · ready-made相等xiāngděng · equal响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear相应xiāngyìng · corresponding

FAQs

狭隘 (xiá’ài) means “narrow-minded” or “narrow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiá’ài: xiá with a 2nd tone, then ài with a 4th 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, 狭隘 is written 狹隘. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 狭隘 from the suggestions. Typing xiaai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
狭隘 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.