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卸

xiè

HSK 6 Character

What 卸 means

1. to unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of

Example sentences

• 卸下电池。
  Remove the battery.
• 有人说，玛丽·安托瓦内特对法国大革命有着不可推卸的责任。
  Yǒurén shuō, Mǎlì · ān tuō wǎ nèi tè duì Fǎguó Dàgémìng yǒuzhe bù kě tuīxiè de zérèn.
  They say that Marie Antoinette was responsible for the French Revolution.
• 他摘下了面具，卸下了伪装。极右翼候选人的意图已昭然若揭。
  He's taken off his mask, torn off his costume. There's no doubt now about what the far-right candidate intends.

Words starting with 卸

• 卸下xiè xiàto remove (a knapsack, harness, makeup etc); (fig.) to lay aside…
• 卸载xiè zàito unload cargo; to uninstall (software)
• 卸任xiè rènto leave office
• 卸妆xiè zhuāngto remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
• 卸货xiè huòto unload cargo; (fig.) to give birth to a baby
• 卸套xiè tàoto loosen a yoke; to remove harness (from beast of burden)
• 卸扣xiè kòushackle (U-shaped link)
• 卸职xiè zhíto resign from office; to dismiss from office
• 卸装xiè zhuāng(of an actor) to remove makeup and costume; (computing) to uninstall; to unmount
• 卸责xiè zéto avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others…
• 卸除xiè chúto remove; to get rid of
• 卸头xiè tóu(of a woman) to take off one's head ornaments and jewels
• 卸肩儿xiè jiān rlit. a weight off one's shoulders; fig. to resign a post; to lay down a burden
• 卸磨杀驴xiè mò shā lǘlit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)…

Words containing 卸

• 装卸zhuāng xièto load or unload; to transfer; to assemble and disassemble
• 推卸tuī xièto avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
• 拆卸chāi xièto dismantle; to take apart
• 交卸jiāo xièto hand over to a successor; to relinquish one's office
• 倾卸qīng xièto tip; to dump by tipping from a vehicle
• 脱卸tuō xièto evade responsibility; to shirk
• 自卸车zì xiè chēdump truck
• 装卸工zhuāng xiè gōngdocker; longshoreman
• 倒戈卸甲dǎo gē xiè jiǎto lay down arms

Characters that look like 卸

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

• 封fēngto confer; to grant; to bestow a title
• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 卿qīnghigh ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 郸dānused in place names 邯郸
• 郴chēnused in 郴州
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谢to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse
• 械appliance; tool; weapon
• 泄(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 屑bits; fragments; crumbs
• 泻to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent
• 蟹crab
• 写used in 写意
• 榭pavilion
• 解acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old); variant of 懈
• 亵obscene; disrespectful
• 懈lax; negligent
• 邂used in 邂逅