HSK 6 · Objects

纤维 xiānwéi “fibre” in Chinese

Traditional 纖維

What 纤维 means

  1. fibre

Measure word 种 zhǒng · 一种纤维 yì zhǒng xiānwéi

How to say 纤维

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纤xiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale维wéi2nd tone, rising

纤维 in a sentence

  1. 你要吃多点含膳食纤维的食物。

    Nǐ yào chī duō diǎn hán shànshí xiānwéi de shíwù.

    You should eat more foods that contain dietary fibre.

    Sentence #373196 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 纤维 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 纤 (xiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
纤xiānfine
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 千thousand · qiānSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 千 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiān.

The character 维 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
维wéito preserve
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

How to write 纤维

纤 6 strokes · 维 11 strokes

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

Words related to 纤维

Words with 维

维修wéixiū · to repair维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard思维sīwéi · thinking维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

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FAQs

纤维 (xiānwéi) means “fibre”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiānwéi: xiān with a 1st tone, then wéi 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, 纤维 is written 纖維. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 种 (zhǒng). For example, one fibre is 一种纤维 (yì zhǒng xiānwéi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纤维 from the suggestions. Typing xianwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纤维 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.