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奢

shē

HSK 6 Character

What 奢 means

1. extravagant

Example sentences

• 好奢华！
  Luxury!
• 广告怂恿我们买奢侈品。
  Guǎnggào sǒngyǒng wǒmen mǎi shēchǐpǐn.
  Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.
• 我觉得这钻石戒指太奢侈了。
  Wǒ juéde zhè zuànshí jièzhi tài shēchǐ le.
  This diamond ring is too extravagant for me.
• 历览前贤国与家，成由勤俭破由奢。
  Looking back at the former wise rulers and nations, their success was achieved through diligence and frugality, while their downfall was caused by extravagance and luxury.
• 在美国，汽车并不是奢华的象征，而是生活的必需品。
  Zài Měiguó, qìchē bìngbù shì shēhuá de xiàngzhēng, érshì shēnghuó de bìxūpǐn.
  In the United States the automobile is a necessity and not a luxury.
• 你想要找一个高学历、高收入、姿容和性格都很好的人，但这难道不是太奢望了吗？
  Nǐ xiǎngyào zhǎo yī gè gāoxuélì, gāo shōurù, zīróng hé xìnggé dōu hěn hǎo de rén, dàn zhè nándào bù shì tài shēwàng le ma?
  You want to find someone with a good education, a good salary, good looks, and a good personality. Don't you think that that's aiming a bit too high?

Words starting with 奢

• 奢侈shē chǐluxurious; extravagant
• 奢望shē wàngan extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations
• 奢华shē huáluxurious; sumptuous; lavish
• 奢侈品shē chǐ pǐnluxury item
• 奢求shē qiúto make extravagant demands; an unreasonable request
• 奢泰shē tàiextravagant; sumptuous; wasteful
• 奢香Shē XiāngShe Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early…
• 奢丽shē lìsumptuous; a luxury
• 奢盼shē pànan extravagant hope; to have unrealistic expectations
• 奢靡shē míextravagant
• 奢糜shē mívariant of 奢靡

Words containing 奢

• 豪奢háo shēextravagant; luxurious
• 穷奢极欲qióng shē jí yùto indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
• 骄奢淫逸jiāo shē yín yìextravagant and dissipated; decadent
• 穷奢极侈qióng shē jí chǐextravagant in the extreme (idiom)
• 戒奢崇俭jiè shē chóng jiǎn(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
• 伍奢Wǔ ShēWu She (–522 BC), father of Wu Zixu 伍子胥
• 由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy
• 骄奢淫佚jiāo shē yín yìvariant of 骄奢淫逸

Characters built on 者

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

• 啫zhěused in 啫哩
• 赭zhěocher
• 锗zhěgermanium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 奢

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

• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 旁pángone side; other; different
• 晋jìnto move forward; to promote; to advance
• 疹zhěnmeasles; rash
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 啻chìonly (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just

Sounds the same

Read shē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赊to buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
• 畲She ethnic group
• 猞used in 猞猁; Taiwan pr. shè
• 檨mango
• 畬(literary) slash-and-burn agriculture
• 𪨶old variant of 畲
• 奓old variant of 奢