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狭

xiá

HSK 6 Character Traditional 狹

What 狭 means

1. narrow
2. narrow-minded

Other readings

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

• xiáold variant of {狭|xiá}

Example sentences

• 这个角度会过于狭窄。
  Zhège jiǎodù huì guòyú xiázhǎi.
  The angle would be too narrow.
• 他在一条狭窄的道路上走。
  Tā zài yī tiáo xiázhǎi de dàolù shàng zǒu.
  The man is hiking on a narrow path.
• 别让狭隘的人让你相信你的梦想过于宏大。
  Don't let narrow-minded people convince you that your dreams are too big.
• “这么狭小的房间要三十元实在是太贵了。”他想。
  “ zhème xiáxiǎo de fángjiān yào sānshí yuán shízài shì tài guì le.” tā xiǎng.
  "30 Yuan is far too expensive for that little room", he thought.
• 「这么狭小的房间要三十元实在是太贵了。」他想。
  "Thirty dollars is a lot for that small room," he thought.
• 他醒了过来，发现自己正躺在一间不见天日的狭小囚室里。
  Tā xǐng le guòlai, fāxiàn zìjǐ zhèng tǎng zài yī jiān bùjiàntiānrì de xiáxiǎo qiú shì lǐ.
  When he came to he found himself lying in a small, windowless cell.

Words starting with 狭

• 狭窄xiá zhǎinarrow
• 狭隘xiá ài(of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped…
• 狭小xiá xiǎonarrow
• 狭长xiá chánglong and narrow
• 狭义xiá yìnarrow sense; restricted sense
• 狭径xiá jìngnarrow lane
• 狭谷xiá gǔglen
• 狭路xiá lùgorge
• 狭义相对论xiá yì xiāng duì lùnspecial relativity
• 狭路相逢xiá lù xiāng fénglit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)…

Words containing 狭

• 促狭cù xiá(colloquial) teasing; mischievous; (colloquial) cunning; sly
• 偏狭piān xiáprejudiced; narrow-minded
• 束狭shù xiánarrow (of waterway); a bottleneck
• 促狭鬼cù xiá guǐmischievous fellow; rascal
• 心胸狭窄xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
• 地狭人稠dì xiá rén chóu(idiom) small and densely populated
• 心胸狭隘xīn xiōng xiá àinarrow; petty-minded
• 褊狭biǎn xiánarrow; small-minded
• 二尖瓣狭窄èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎimitral stenosis (physiology)
• 窄狭zhǎi xiásee 狭窄

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.

• 峡xiágorge
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 颊jiácheeks
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 浃jiāsoaked; to wet; to drench
• 硖xiáplace name
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

Characters that look like 狭

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

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 秩zhì(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 胰yípancreas
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 峡gorge
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 匣box
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ