泻 (xiè): to flow out swiftly, to flood, a torrent
泻 (xiè) is a Chinese character meaning “to flow out swiftly.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 写 (phonetic). It ranks #2576 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 泻 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
- to flow out swiftly
- to flood
- a torrent
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 腹泻 | fù xiè | diarrhea |
| 泻药 | xiè yào | laxative |
| 倾泻 | qīng xiè | to pour down in torrents |
| 泻湖 | xiè hú | erroneous written form of 潟湖[xi4 hu2] |
| 泻盐 | xiè yán | epsom salts |
| 上吐下泻 | shàng tù xià xiè | to vomit and have diarrhea |
| 排泻物 | pái xiè wù | variant of 排泄物[pai2 xie4 wu4] |
| 感染性腹泻 | gǎn rǎn xìng fù xiè | infective diarrhea |
| 泻肚子 | xiè dù zi | see 瀉肚|泻肚[xie4 du4] |
| 山泥倾泻 | shān ní qīng xiè | a landslide |
| 流泻 | liú xiè | to flow |
| 排泻 | pái xiè | variant of 排泄[pai2 xie4] |
| 番泻叶 | fān xiè yè | senna leaf (Folium sennae) |
| 补泻 | bǔ xiè | reinforcing and reducing methods (in acupuncture) |
| 泽泻 | zé xiè | common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) |
泻 appears in 20 compound words: 30 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 10 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 泻 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的泻边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de xiè biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play along the clear riverbank, catching little fish and shrimp.
《国金头条》英伟达业绩报喜仍泻5.5%,AI恐慌累纳指跌逾1%
guó jīn tóu tiáo yīng wěi dá yè jì bào xǐ réng xiè 5 . 5 , A I kǒng huāng lěi nà zhǐ diē yú 1
"Guojin Headlines" Nvidia's earnings report still fell 5.5%, and the AI panic caused the Nasdaq to fall more than 1%
过年“烤蚵吃到饱”10人吐泻 业者说话了
guò nián kǎo 蚵 chī dào bǎo 1 0 rén tǔ xiè yè zhě shuō huà le
New Year's "all-you-can-eat oysters" 10 people vomited and diarrhea The operator spoke
无糖食品能多吃吗?代糖过量会引起腹泻吗
wú táng shí pǐn néng duō chī ma ? dài táng guò liàng huì yǐn qǐ fù xiè ma
Can you eat more sugar-free food? Can too much sugar substitute cause diarrhea?
道指泻821点 港股ADR指数偏软
dào zhǐ xiè 8 2 1 diǎn gǎng gǔ A D R zhǐ shǔ piān ruǎn
The Dow fell 821 points, and the Hong Kong stock ADR index was soft
过年跑摊大吃!35岁上班族腹胀、泻秘 医:恐变慢性胃炎
guò nián pǎo tān dà chī ! 3 5 suì shàng bān zú fù zhàng , xiè mì yī : kǒng biàn màn xìng wèi yán
New Year's stalls and eat! 35-year-old office worker bloating and diarrhea secret doctor: fear of chronic gastritis
有一个人住在福冈，其他人住在新泻。
Yǒu yī gè rén zhù zài Fúgāng, qítā rén zhù zài Xīnxiè.
One lives in Fukuoka, and the others live in Niigata.
水从破裂的水管倾泻而出。
Shuǐ cóng pòliè de shuǐguǎn qīngxiè ér chū.
Water poured from the broken pipe.
Character Family
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