HSK 5 · Adjectives

斜 xié “inclined” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 斜 means

  1. inclined
  2. slanting
  3. oblique
  4. tilting

How to say 斜

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale斜xié2nd tone, rising

斜 in a sentence

  1. 有一家便利店在马路斜对面。

    Yǒu yì jiā biànlìdiàn zài mǎlù xié duìmiàn.

    There’s a convenience store diagonally across the road.

    Sentence #397367 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 塔有点向西边倾斜。

    Tǎ yǒudiǎn xiàng xībian qīngxié.

    The tower leans slightly to the west.

    Sentence #5868151 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 斜 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 斜 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
斜xiéinclined
  • 余surplus · yúSound part
  • 斗dipper · dǒuMeaning part

斗 hints at the meaning (dipper); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

How to write 斜

斜 11 strokes

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

Words related to 斜

Words with 斜

倾斜qīngxié · to tilt

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

斜 (xié) means “inclined” or “slanting”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xié: xié with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 斜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 斜 from the suggestions. Typing xie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
斜 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.