谢 (xiè): to thank
谢 (xiè) is a Chinese character meaning “to thank.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 射 (phonetic). It ranks #897 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谢 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to thank
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 谢
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多谢interjection | duō xiè | many thanks |
| 谢天谢地interjection | xiè tiān xiè dì | (idiom) thank goodness |
| 谢意noun | xiè yì | gratitude |
| 谢恩verb | xiè ēn | to thank sb for favor (esp. emperor or superior official) |
| 代谢verb | dài xiè | replacement |
| 道谢verb | dào xiè | to express thanks |
| 谢幕verb | xiè mù | to take a curtain call |
| 新陈代谢noun | xīn chén dài xiè | metabolism (biology) |
| 致谢verb | zhì xiè | expression of gratitude |
| 凋谢verb | diāo xiè | to wither |
| 答谢verb | dá xiè | to express one's thanks |
| 谢礼noun | xiè lǐ | honorarium |
| 谢罪verb | xiè zuì | to apologize for an offense |
| 谢绝verb | xiè jué | to refuse politely |
| 酬谢verb | chóu xiè | to thank with a gift |
谢 appears in 75 compound words: 49 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 9 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 谢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
谢谢你的帮助，没有你的支持我不可能完成这个任务。
Xièxie nǐ de bāngzhù, méiyǒu nǐ de zhīchí wǒ bù kěnéng wánchéng zhè gè rènwu.
Thank you for your help; I couldn't have completed this task without your support.
孕期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?酒精代谢慢的孕妇风险更高吗
yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? jiǔ jīng dài xiè màn de yùn fù fēng xiǎn gēng gāo ma
Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Are pregnant women with slow alcohol metabolism at higher risk?
赖总统:感谢柯建铭25年来始终站在第一线 完成交棒传...
lài zǒng tǒng : gǎn xiè 柯 jiàn míng 2 5 nián lái shǐ zhōng zhàn zài dì yī xiàn wán chéng jiāo bàng chuán . . .
President Lai: Thank you Ke Jianming for always standing on the front line for 25 years to complete the handover...
法国罗浮宫馆长德卡尔请辞 马克龙感谢对方贡献
fǎ guó luó fú gōng guǎn cháng dé kǎ ěr qǐng cí mǎ kè lóng gǎn xiè duì fāng gòng xiàn
De Cartes, director of the Louvre Museum in France, resigned Macron thanked the other party for his contributions
....5万人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
. . . . 5 wàn rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
.... 50,000 people participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Thanksgiving Meat Day celebration
一杯热水赠归人 一句感谢显温情 环兰高速人:点滴之..
yī bēi rè shuǐ zèng guī rén yī gōu gǎn xiè xiǎn wēn qíng huán lán gāo sù rén diǎn dī zhī . .
A cup of hot water for the returnees A word of thanks for the warmth of the Huanlan Expressway people: a little bit of...
礼物？给我的？多谢多谢！
Lǐwù? gěi wǒ de? duōxiè duōxiè!
A present? For me? Thank you!
你不觉得你应该给他们写一封感谢信吗？
Nǐ bù juéde nǐ yīnggāi gěi tāmen xiě yī fēng gǎnxiè xìn ma?
Don't you think you ought to write them a thank-you note?
非常感谢你的参与！
Fēicháng gǎnxiè nǐ de cānyù!
Thank you very much for your participation!
“你想再来点咖啡吗？”“不，谢谢。我够了。”
"Nǐ xiǎng zài lái diǎn kāfēi ma?" "Bù, xièxie. Wǒ gòu le."
"Will you have some more coffee?" "No, thanks. I've had enough."
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
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