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楔子

xiē zi

2-character word

What 楔子 means

1. wedge
2. peg
3. stopper
4. prologue (in some modern novels)
5. prologue or interlude in Yuan dynasty drama

The characters in 楔子

• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Sounds the same

Read xiē zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蝎子scorpion

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiē zi correctly.
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