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屑

xiè

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 屑 means

1. bits
2. fragments
3. crumbs
4. filings
5. trifling
6. trivial
7. to condescend to

Example sentences

• 伊戈尔非常不屑一顾。
  Igor was very dismissive.
• 他对我的提议不屑一顾。
  Tā duì wǒ de tíyì bùxièyīgù.
  He wouldn't look at my proposal.

Words containing 屑

• 不屑一顾bù xiè yī gùto disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
• 不屑bù xièto disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
• 岩屑yán xiè(rock) debris; scree
• 木屑mù xièwood shavings; sawdust
• 末屑mò xièbits; scraps
• 煤屑méi xiècoal dust; coal slack
• 碎屑suì xièfragments; particles
• 纤屑xiān xièfine detail
• 碎屑岩suì xiè yánclastic rock (geology)
• 银屑病yín xiè bìngpsoriasis
• 头皮屑tóu pí xièdandruff
• 面包屑miàn bāo xièbreadcrumbs
• 火成碎屑huǒ chéng suì xièpyroclastic
• 火山碎屑流huǒ shān suì xiè liúpyroclastic flow
• 碎屑沉积物suì xiè chén jī wùclastic sediment
• 琐屑suǒ xiètrivial matters; petty things
• 五彩纸屑wǔ cǎi zhǐ xièconfetti

Characters that look like 屑

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

• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 眉méieyebrow; upper margin
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious
• 曷héwhy; how; when

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
• 卸to unload; to remove; to detach; to get rid of
• 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

Where 屑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiè–xīn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiè correctly.
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