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懈

xiè

Character

What 懈 means

1. lax
2. negligent

Example sentences

• 汤姆没有无懈可击的不在场证明。
  Tom doesn't have an airtight alibi.

Words starting with 懈

• 懈怠xiè dàislack; lazy; remiss
• 懈气xiè qìto slacken off; to take it easy
• 懈惰xiè duòslack; idle
• 懈弛xiè chíslack (discipline)

Words containing 懈

• 不懈bù xièuntiring; unremitting; indefatigable
• 松懈sōng xièto relax; to relax efforts; to slack off
• 坚持不懈jiān chí bù xiè(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end
• 无懈可击wú xiè kě jī(idiom) impossible to fault; impeccable
• 不懈怠bù xiè dàiuntiring; without slacking
• 夙夜匪懈sù yè fěi xièto work from morning to night (idiom)

Characters built on 解

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

• 蟹xiècrab
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 獬xièsee 獬豸
• 澥xiè(of porridge etc) to become watery; (dialect) to thin (porridge etc) by adding water etc
• 廨xiè(bound form) government office

Characters that look like 懈

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

• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 懒lǎnlazy
• 僻pì(bound form) remote; out of the way; off-center
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 鲭qīngmackerel
• 耨nòuhoe; to hoe; to weed

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
• 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
• 邂used in 邂逅