携 (xié): to carry, to take along, to bring along
携 (xié) is a Chinese character meaning “to carry.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 隽 (phonetic). It ranks #1937 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 携 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to carry
- to take along
- to bring along
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 携
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 携手verb | xié shǒu | hand in hand |
| 便携式adjective | biàn xié shì | portable |
| 提携verb | tí xié | to lead by the hand |
| 携手并肩 | xié shǒu bìng jiān | hand in hand and shoulder to shoulder |
| 携手同行 | xié shǒu tóng xíng | to walk hand in hand |
| 携家带口 | xié jiā dài kǒu | see 拖家帶口|拖家带口 |
| 携带者noun | xié dài zhě | (medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc) |
| 携家带眷 | xié jiā dài juàn | to take all one's family along (idiom) |
| 便携verb | biàn xié | portable |
| 携程 | xié chéng | Trip.com Group, largest travel agency in China, formerly named Ctrip (until 2019) |
| 扶老携幼phrase | fú lǎo xié yòu | taking everyone along, young and old |
| 携款 | xié kuǎn | to take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained) |
| 载携 | zài xié | to carry |
| 携眷 | xié juàn | accompanied by one's dependents |
携 appears in 15 compound words: 67 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 13 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 携 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他携起袖子，开始认真地打扫房间。
tā xié qǐ xiù zǐ , kāi shǐ rèn zhēn dì dǎ sǎo fáng jiān .
He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning the room thoroughly.
六旬汉携$300万犀牛角切片抵港遭海关拘捕 涉进...
liù xún hàn xié 3 0 0 wàn xī niú jiǎo qiē piàn dǐ gǎng zāo hǎi guān jū bǔ shè jìn . . .
A sixty-year-old man arrived in Hong Kong with $3 million rhino horn slices and was arrested by the customs.
OLLY携手品牌代言人赵露思,开启科学内服美学新篇...
O L L Y xié shǒu pǐn pái dài yán rén zhào lù sī , kāi qǐ kē xué nèi fú měi xué xīn piān . . .
OLLY joins hands with brand spokesperson Zhao Lusi to open a new chapter in the aesthetics of scientific internal wear...
adidas Originals 携手 SP5DER 推出全球鞋履与服饰联乘...
a d i d a s O r i g i n a l s xié shǒu S P 5 D E R tuī chū quán qiú xié lǚ yǔ fú shì lián chéng . . .
adidas Originals and SP5DER launch a global footwear and apparel collaboration...
中职/啦啦队战火再升级!朴星垠传加盟富邦携李珠珢
zhōng zhí lā lā duì zhàn huǒ zài shēng jí ! pǔ xīng 垠 chuán jiā méng fù bāng xié lǐ zhū 珢
The war between secondary vocational schools/cheerleaders has escalated again! Park Xingyin is rumored to join Fubon with Li Zhujun
交通部长视察“春节疏运” 双铁携手疏运近900万人次
jiāo tōng bù cháng shì chá chūn jié shū yùn shuāng tiě xié shǒu shū yùn jìn 9 0 0 wàn rén cì
The Minister of Transportation inspected the "Spring Festival Transportation" and the two railways worked together to transport nearly 9 million people
这架飞机一次可以携带40名乘客。
Zhè jià fēijī yīcì kěyǐ xiédài sì shí míng chéngkè.
This airplane is capable of carrying 40 passengers at a time.
这电子辞典的好处就是便于携带。
Zhè diànzǐ cídiǎn de hǎochu jiùshì biànyú xiédài.
The good thing about this electronic dictionary is that it's easy to carry.
携带武器是违法的。
Xiédài wǔqì shì wéifǎ de.
It's against the law to carry weapons.
这个箱子太笨重了无法携带。
Zhège xiāngzi tài bènzhòng le wúfǎ xiédài.
This box is too bulky to carry.
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