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些 (xiē): Some — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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HSK 3.0Vocab 1Recognition 1
1.

Animated Stroke Order 些

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How to write 些 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 些

些 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
些
此cǐ · this
二èr · two
些=
4.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 些

些 handwriting practice worksheet preview
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5.

How to Use 些

Some, these, those

Use 些 after 一, 这, or 那 to mean some, these, or those.

一些 • yì xiē • some • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
6.

HSK Vocabulary: 些

哪些 • nǎ xiē • which ones?
HSK 3.0 · L1
nǎ哪
xiē
7.

Example Sentences

wǒ我
mǎi买
le了
yī一
xiē些
shuǐ水
guǒ

Information

Pinyinxiē
Meaningsome
Strokes8
Radical二
Traditional些
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#21
Zhuyinㄒㄧㄝ
UnicodeU+4E9B
CangjieYPHI
此cǐ · this
+二èr · two
yì一
xiē些

some

这些 • zhè xiē • these • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
zhè这
xiē些

these

那些 • nà xiē • those • HSK 3.0 · L1
HSK 3.0 · L1
nà那
xiē些

those

些

which ones?

有些 • yǒu xiē • some
HSK 3.0 · L1
yǒu有
xiē些

some

果
。

I bought some fruit.

wǒ我
xū需
yào要
mǎi买
yì一
xiē些
shuǐ水
guǒ果
。

I need to buy some fruits.

yǒu有
xiē些
rén人
xǐ喜
huan欢
zǎo早
qǐ起
。

Some people like to get up early.

zhè这
xiē些
shū书
hěn很
yǒu有
qù趣
。

These books are very interesting.

zhè这
xiē些
shū书
shì是
wǒ我
de的
。

These books are mine.

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  • 吗ma[makes a yes; no question]
  • 买mǎibuy
  • 猫māocat
  • 哪nǎwhich?
  • 那nàthat
  • 呢ne[returns; forwards a question]
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Characters pronounced "xie".

  • 楔xiēwedge; gatepost; foreword
  • 亵xièslight, insult, treat with disrespect
  • 邂xièunexpected meeting; encounter by
  • 蝎xiēscorpion
  • 携xiéto carry, to bring along
  • 偕xietogether with; along with; to accompany
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Characters with radical "二".

  • 二èrtwo
  • 五wǔfive
  • 互hùmutual; each other
  • 井jǐngwell (for drawing water)
  • 亚yàsecond; inferior; Asia (abbreviation)
  • 亏kuīdeficiency, loss, or to treat unfairly
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