泄 (xiè): (bound form) to leak out, to discharge, (fig.) to divulge
泄 (xiè) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to leak out.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 世 (phonetic). It ranks #1982 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泄 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- (bound form) to leak out
- to discharge
- (fig.) to divulge
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泄露 | xiè lù | to leak (information) |
| 发泄 | fā xiè | to give vent to (one's feelings) |
| 泄漏 | xiè lòu | (of a liquid or gas) to leak |
| 泄密 | xiè mì | to leak secrets |
| 泄气 | xiè qì | to leak (gas) |
| 宣泄 | xuān xiè | to drain (by leading off water) |
| 排泄物 | pái xiè wù | excreta |
| 排泄 | pái xiè | to drain (factory waste etc) |
| 外泄 | wài xiè | to leak (usually secret information) |
| 泄愤 | xiè fèn | to give vent to anger |
| 早泄 | zǎo xiè | premature ejaculation |
| 水泄不通 | shuǐ xiè bù tōng | lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) |
| 泄恨 | xiè hèn | to give vent to anger |
| 泄底 | xiè dǐ | to divulge the inside story |
| 泄私愤 | xiè sī fèn | to vent personal spite |
泄 appears in 37 compound words: 59 as the first character, 24 as the last, and 16 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 泄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
Example Sentences
站在桥上望去，泄水缓缓向东流去。
zhàn zài qiáo shǎng wàng qù , xiè shuǐ huǎn huǎn xiàng dōng liú qù .
Standing on the bridge, one could see the water slowly flowing eastward.
酷澎上季营业利益锐减逾97% 预期个资外泄事件冲击逐步减弱
kù péng shàng jì yíng yè lì yì ruì jiǎn yú 9 7 yù qī gè zī wài xiè shì jiàn chōng jī zhú bù jiǎn ruò
Cool Peng's operating profit plummeted by more than 97% last quarter, and the impact of the personal information leakage incident is expected to gradually weaken
酷澎个资外泄!只赔千元折价券挨批没诚意 律师:最高可...
kù péng gè zī wài xiè ! zhī péi qiān yuán zhé jià quàn āi pī méi chéng yì lǜ shī : zuì gāo kě . . .
Cool Peng's personal information leaked! Only paying 1,000 yuan discount coupons is criticized for being insincere Lawyer: Up to...
离婚黄子佼半年!孟耿如近况曝光 周丹薇泄私下互动
lí hūn huáng zǐ 佼 bàn nián ! mèng gěng rú jìn kuàng pù guāng zhōu dān 薇 xiè sī xià hù dòng
Divorced Huang Zijiao for half a year! Meng Gengru's recent situation was exposed, and Zhou Danwei leaked private interactions
空军拦管官涉泄军事资料给中共 二审改判7年
kōng jūn lán guǎn guān shè xiè jūn shì zī liào gěi zhōng gòng èr shěn gǎi pàn 7 nián
The Air Force interception officer was sentenced to 7 years in the second instance for leaking military information to the CCP
情人来访泄露行踪 墨西哥大毒枭随后丧命
qíng rén lái fǎng xiè lù háng zōng mò xī gē dà dú 枭 suí hòu sāng mìng
Lover's visit leaks Mexican drug lord subsequently killed
这场爆炸有可能是瓦斯外泄引起的。
Zhè chǎng bàozhà yǒu kěnéng shì wǎsī wàixiè yǐnqǐ de.
The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.
这秘密是怎么泄漏出去的？
Zhè mìmì shì zěnme xièlòu chūqù de?
How did the secret get out?
生活在这个世界里，懂得发泄是十分重要的。
Shēnghuó zài zhège shìjiè lǐ, dǒngde fā xiè shì shífēn zhòngyào de.
It's very important to know how to let off steam, living in this world.
不要把这些资料泄露出去。
Bù yào bǎ zhèxiē zīliào xiè lùchū qù.
Don't let this information leak out.
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