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携

xié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 攜

What 携 means

1. to carry
2. to take along
3. to bring along
4. to hold (hands)
5. also pr. xī

Other readings

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

• xiéold variant of {携|xié}
• xiéold variant of {携|xié}
• xiéold variant of {携|xié}

Example sentences

• 他携款潜逃。
  Tā xiékuǎn qiántáo.
  He absconded with the money.
• 设备是便携的。
  Shèbèi shì biànxié de.
  The device is portable.
• 携带武器是违法的。
  Xiédài wǔqì shì wéifǎ de.
  It's against the law to carry weapons.
• 这个箱子太重了无法携带。
  Zhège xiāngzi tài zhòng le wúfǎ xiédài.
  The box is too heavy to carry.
• 这个箱子太笨重了无法携带。
  Zhège xiāngzi tài bènzhòng le wúfǎ xiédài.
  This box is too bulky to carry.
• 汤姆想要个小得易于携带的电脑。
  Tāngmǔ xiǎngyào gè xiǎo de yìyú xiédài de diànnǎo.
  Tom wants a computer small enough to easily carry.

Words starting with 携

• 携带xié dàito carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. xī dài
• 携手xié shǒuhand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
• 携款xié kuǎnto take funds (esp. illegally or corruptly obtained)
• 携程Xié chéngTrip.com Group, largest travel agency in China, formerly named Ctrip (until 2019)
• 携带者xié dài zhě(medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
• 携手同行xié shǒu tóng xíngto walk hand in hand; to cooperate
• 携手并肩xié shǒu bìng jiānhand in hand and shoulder to shoulder
• 携眷xié juànaccompanied by one's dependents; encumbered by wife and children
• 携家带眷xié jiā dài juànto take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family…
• 携家带口xié jiā dài kǒusee 拖家带口

Words containing 携

• 提携tí xiéto lead by the hand; to guide; to support
• 便携式biàn xié shìportable
• 便携biàn xiéportable; easy to carry
• 载携zài xiéto carry; to bear
• 扶老携幼fú lǎo xié yòutaking everyone along, young and old; to look after the elderly and the young

Characters that look like 携

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

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 摘zhāito take; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to remove…
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of
• 楝liànMelia japonica
• 搡sǎngto push forcefully; to shove

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
• 谐(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 邪demonic; iniquitous; nefarious
• 挟(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…
• 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