HSK 6 · Adjectives

狭窄 xiázhǎi “narrow” in Chinese

Traditional 狹窄

What 狭窄 means

  1. narrow
  2. cramped

How to say 狭窄

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale窄zhǎi3rd tone, dipping

狭窄 in a sentence

  1. 他在一条狭窄的道路上走。

    Tā zài yì tiáo xiázhǎi de dàolù shang zǒu.

    He’s walking along a narrow path.

    Sentence #3625821 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个角度会过于狭窄。

    Zhè ge jiǎodù huì guòyú xiázhǎi.

    The angle would be too narrow.

    Sentence #919890 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 狭窄 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 窄 (zhǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
窄zhǎinarrow
  • 穴cave · xuéMeaning part
  • 乍first time · zhàSound part

穴 hints at the meaning (cave); 乍 (zhà) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǎi.

How to write 狭窄

狭 9 strokes · 窄 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 狭窄

Words with 狭

狭隘xiá'ài · narrow-minded

Words with 窄

窄zhǎi · narrow

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

狭窄 (xiázhǎi) means “narrow” or “cramped”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiázhǎi: xiá with a 2nd tone, then zhǎi with a 3rd 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, 狭窄 is written 狹窄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiazhai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 狭窄 from the suggestions. Typing xiazhai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
狭窄 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.