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瑕

xiá

Character

What 瑕 means

1. blemish
2. flaw in jade

Example sentences

• 他的演技绝对有瑕疵。
  His acting is far from being perfect.
• 他的文章写得完美无瑕。
  Tā de wénzhāng xiě de wánměiwúxiá.
  His composition leaves nothing to be desired.
• 州长最近的丑闻玷污了她原本完美无瑕的政绩。
  The governor's recent scandal was a blight on her otherwise pristine track record.

Words starting with 瑕

• 瑕疵xiá cīblemish; flaw; defect
• 瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yúlit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
• 瑕玷xiá diànblemish; flaw

Words containing 瑕

• 无瑕wú xiáfaultless; perfect
• 涤瑕dí xiáto cleanse away a stain
• 遮瑕膏zhē xiá gāoconcealer (cosmetics)
• 完美无瑕wán měi wú xiáflawless; immaculate; perfect
• 洁净无瑕jié jìng wú xiáclean and spotless
• 白璧微瑕bái bì wēi xiáa slight blemish
• 白璧无瑕bái bì wú xiáimpeccable moral integrity

Characters built on 叚

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

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 暇xiáleisure
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭
• 葭jiāreed; Phragmites communis
• 煆xiāa raging fire
• 瘕jiǎobstruction in the intestine

Characters that look like 瑕

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 跟gēnheel; to follow closely; to go with
• 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 暇xiáleisure
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 锲qièto cut; to carve; to engrave

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
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 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