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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

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些=此this+二two

Combines 'this' (此) and 'two' (二) to indicate a small, indefinite amount — a few or some.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 些

HSK words that contain this character.

一些

yī xiē

some

哪些

nǎ xiē

which ones?

有些

yǒu xiē

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 些 is used in context

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

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some

HSK 3.0 L1

这些

zhè xiē

these

那些

nà xiē

those

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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