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侠

xiá

HSK 6 Character Traditional 俠

What 侠 means

1. knight-errant
2. brave and chivalrous
3. hero
4. heroic

Example sentences

• 与此同时江琴分散了江枫的哥哥燕大侠的注意力。
  Yǔ cǐ tóngshí Jiāng Qín fēnsàn le Jiāng Fēng de gēge Yàn Dàxiá de zhùyìlì.
  Meanwhile, Jiang Qin distracted Jiang Feng's older brother Yan Daxia.
• 燕大侠发现自己被骗了他飞到了江枫的旁边，他抱走江枫的儿子。燕大侠誓言报复，他把男孩给了一个香料商人。
  Yàn dàxiá fāxiàn zìjǐ bèi piàn le tā fēi dào le jiāng fēng de pángbiān, tā bào zǒu jiāng fēng de érzi. yàn dàxiá shìyán bàofù, tā bǎ nánhái gěi le yī gè xiāngliào shāngrén.
  Yan Daxia realised he had been lied to and flew to Jiang Feng's side. He took Jiang Feng's son and left. Yan Daxia vowed revenge and left the boy with a spice merchant.

Words starting with 侠

• 侠客xiá kèchivalrous person; knight-errant
• 侠义xiá yìchivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry
• 侠士xiá shìknight-errant
• 侠气xiá qìchivalry
• 侠盗飞车xiá dào fēi chēGrand Theft Auto (video game series)
• 侠盗猎车手Xiá dào Liè chē shǒuGrand Theft Auto (video game series)

Words containing 侠

• 武侠wǔ xiámartial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant
• 大侠dà xiáknight; swordsman; noble warrior
• 武侠小说wǔ xiá xiǎo shuōa martial arts (wuxia) novel
• 游侠yóu xiáknight-errant
• 蝙蝠侠Biān fú xiáBatman, comic book superhero
• 任侠rèn xiáchivalrous; helping the weak for the sake of justice
• 豪侠háo xiábrave and chivalrous
• 水行侠Shuǐ xíng xiáAquaman, DC comic book superhero (Tw)
• 独行侠dú xíng xiáloner; lone wolf
• 钢铁侠Gāng tiě xiáIron Man, comic book superhero
• 键盘侠jiàn pán xiákeyboard warrior
• 柔情侠骨róu qíng xiá gǔgentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
• 神雕侠侣Shén diāo Xiá lǚ"The Return of the Condor Heroes" (1959-61 wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸
• 游侠骑士yóu xiá qí shìa knight-errant
• 行侠仗义xíng xiá zhàng yìto be chivalrous
• 蜘蛛侠Zhī zhū xiáSpider-Man, comic book superhero
• 三侠五义Sān xiá wǔ yìSanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories…

Characters built on 夹

These share the phonetic component 夹 (jiā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 峡xiágorge
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 颊jiácheeks
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 浃jiāsoaked; to wet; to drench
• 硖xiáplace name
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

Characters that look like 侠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 俟qíused in 万俟
• 佚yì(bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages); (bound form) reclusive

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 峡gorge
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 匣box
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ