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挟

xié

Character Traditional 挾

What 挟 means

1. bound formto clasp under the arm
2. bound formto coerce
3. bound formto harbor (resentment etc)
4. Taiwan pr. xiá

Other readings

挟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiāold variant of {夹|jiā}

Example sentences

• 他挟着一个包裹。
  Tā jiā zhe yī gè bāoguǒ.
  He held a package under his arm.
• 她把箱子挟在手臂下。
  Tā bǎ xiāngzi jiā zài shǒubì xià.
  She carried the box under her arm.
• 他把一个包裹挟在腋下。
  Tā bǎ yī gè bāoguǒ jiā zài yèxià.
  He held a package under his arm.

Words starting with 挟

• 挟持xié chíto seize (sb) by the arms; to hold under duress; to abduct
• 挟制xié zhìto exploit sb's point of weakness to force them to do one's bidding
• 挟带xié dàito carry along; to carry on one's person; to carry secretly
• 挟怨xié yuànto hold a grudge
• 挟细拿粗xié xì ná cūto provoke
• 挟天子以令天下xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng tiān xià(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
• 挟天子以令诸侯xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hóu(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals

Words containing 挟

• 要挟yāo xiéto threaten; to blackmail
• 裹挟guǒ xiéto sweep along; to coerce

Characters built on 夹

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

• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content
• 箧qièchest; box; trunk

Characters that look like 挟

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

• 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture
• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 轭èyoke
• 捎shāoto bring sth to sb; to deliver

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
• 偕in company with
• 叶to be in harmony
• 页head
• 颉(of a bird) to fly upwards; (of the neck) stiff
• 撷to collect; Taiwan pr. jié