HSK 6 · Verbs

泄露 xièlòu “to leak” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 泄露 means

  1. to leak
  2. to divulge
  3. to leak (information)

How to say 泄露

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale泄xiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale露lòu4th tone, falling

泄露 in a sentence

  1. 他的秘书不承认是她泄露了信息。

    Tā de mìshū bù chéngrèn shì tā xièlòu le xìnxī.

    His secretary denied that she had leaked the information.

    Sentence #13892008 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要让这些信息泄露出去。

    Búyào ràng zhèxiē xìnxī xièlòu chūqù.

    Don’t let this information leak out.

    Sentence #4353694 from Tatoeba

  3. 我没有泄露这些照片。

    Wǒ méiyǒu xièlòu zhèxiē zhàopiàn.

    I didn’t leak those photos.

    Sentence #9419119 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 泄露 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 泄 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
泄xièto leak out; to discharge; to divulge
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 世generation · shìSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 世 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

The character 露 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
露lòuto show
  • 雨rain · yǔMeaning part
  • 路road · lùSound part

雨 hints at the meaning (rain); 路 (lù) hints at the sound. Compare it with lòu.

How to write 泄露

泄 8 strokes · 露 21 strokes

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

Words related to 泄露

Words with 泄

泄气xièqì · to lose heart

Words with 露

揭露jiēlù · to expose流露liúlù · to reveal透露tòulù · to reveal暴露bàolù · to expose

More words: Thinking & Talking

想方设法xiǎngfāngshèfǎ · to try every possible way响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to闲话xiánhuà · gossip谢绝xièjué · to politely decline协商xiéshāng · to consult喧哗xuānhuá · to make a loud noise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise演绎yǎnyì · to deduce

FAQs

泄露 (xièlòu) means “to leak” or “to divulge”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xièlòu: xiè with a 4th tone, then lòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 泄露 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xielou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 泄露 from the suggestions. Typing xielou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
泄露 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.