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偕

xié

Character

What 偕 means

1. in company with

Example sentences

• 执子之手，与子偕老。
  Zhí zǐ zhī shǒu, yǔ zǐ xiélǎo.
  Today I take your hand so that we may grow old together.
• 真的希望他们做夫妻白头偕劳。
  Zhēn de xīwàng tāmen zuò fūqī báitóu xié láo.
  I really hope they can live happily ever after as husband and wife.

Words starting with 偕

• 偕同xié tóngalong with; accompanied by; together with
• 偕老xié lǎoto grow old together

Words containing 偕

• 白头偕老bái tóu xié lǎo(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age…
• 相偕xiāng xiétogether (literary)

Characters built on 皆

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

• 谐xié(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)

Characters that look like 偕

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

• 馆guǎnbuilding; shop; term for certain service establishments
• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 债zhàidebt
• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 惜xīto cherish; to begrudge; to pity
• 揩kāito wipe

Sounds the same

Read xié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鞋shoe
• 胁flank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
• 斜inclined; slanting; oblique
• 协to cooperate; to harmonize; to help
• 携to carry; to take along; to bring along
• 谐(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 邪demonic; iniquitous; nefarious
• 挟(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 叶to be in harmony
• 页head
• 颉(of a bird) to fly upwards; (of the neck) stiff
• 撷to collect; Taiwan pr. jié