谐 (xié): (bound form) harmonious, (bound form) humorous, (literary) to reach agreement
谐 (xié) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) harmonious.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 皆 (phonetic). It ranks #2339 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谐 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
- (bound form) harmonious
- (bound form) humorous
- (literary) to reach agreement
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 谐
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谐音noun | xié yīn | homonym |
| 诙谐adjective | huī xié | humorous |
| 谐波 | xié bō | harmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental) |
| 调谐adjective | tiáo xié | harmonious |
| 谐振verb | xié zhèn | resonance |
| 总谐波失真 | zǒng xié bō shī zhēn | (acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD) |
| 被和谐 | bèi hé xié | to be "harmonized" i.e. censored |
| 元音和谐 | yuán yīn hé xié | vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages) |
| 和谐性 | hé xié xìng | compatibility |
| 简谐运动noun | jiǎn xié yùn dòng | simple harmonic motion (in mechanics) |
| 和谐号 | hé xié hào | CRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway |
| 简谐振动noun | jiǎn xié zhèn dòng | simple harmonic oscillation |
| 射频调谐器 | shè pín tiáo xié qì | RF tuner |
| 基谐波 | jī xié bō | fundamental frequency |
| 谐音列 | xié yīn liè | harmonic series |
谐 appears in 34 compound words: 53 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 26 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 谐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
谐传身教是最好的教育方式。
xié chuán shēn jiào shì zuì hǎo de jiào yù fāng shì .
Setting an example through words and deeds is the best form of education.
【人与自然和谐相处的温暖瞬间】春山添喜
rén yǔ zì rán hé xié xiāng chǔ de wēn nuǎn shùn jiān chūn shān tiān xǐ
[Heartwarming Moments of Harmony Between People and Nature] Joy in the Spring Mountains
...教居民拆解渗水难题 民政专员盼促进邻里和谐
. . . jiào jū mín chāi jiě shèn shuǐ nán tí mín zhèng zhuān yuán pàn cù jìn lín lǐ hé xié
...Teaching Residents How to Solve Water Leakage Problems; Civil Affairs Officer Hopes to Foster Neighborhood Harmony
日知名谐星性侵案开庭“受害人泪求判入狱” 他转身...
rì zhī míng xié xīng xìng qīn àn kāi tíng shòu hài rén lèi qiú pàn rù yù tā zhuǎn shēn . . .
Trial Begins in Japanese Comedian’s Sexual Assault Case: “Victim Tearsfully Pleads for Prison Sentence”—He Turns Around...
国金轩全新季节菜单—“和谐融和”新境界 创新演绎经典菜式瑞雪藏龙
guó jīn 轩 quán xīn jì jié cài dān — hé xié róng hé xīn jìng jiè chuàng xīn yǎn yì jīng diǎn cài shì ruì xuě zàng lóng
Guojinxuan's new seasonal menu - a new realm of "harmony and harmony" Innovatively interprets the classic dish Ruixue Zanglong
莫扎特:美与和谐是音乐永恒的基石_光明网
mò zhā tè : měi yǔ hé xié shì yīn lè yǒng héng de jī shí guāng míng wǎng
Mozart: Beauty and harmony are the eternal cornerstones of music_Guangming.com
我们必须学会与自然和谐共处。
Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì yǔ zìrán héxié gòngchǔ.
We must learn to live in harmony with nature.
汤姆具有诙谐的性格。
Tāngmǔ jùyǒu huīxié de xìnggé.
Tom has quite a quirky personality.
和都市生活相比，乡村生活和谐多了。
Hé dūshì shēnghuó xiāngbǐ, xiāngcūn shēnghuó héxié duō le.
Country life is very peaceful in comparison with city life.
在中文里面，饺子和“交子”谐音，因而具有丰富的文化涵义。
Zài Zhōngwén lǐmiàn, jiǎozi hé "jiāo zǐ " xiéyīn, yīn'ér jùyǒu fēngfù de wénhuà hányì.
In Chinese, 'dumpling' and 'first exchange' are homophones, so they have a rich cultural association.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
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