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瞎

xiā

HSK 5 Character

What 瞎 means

1. blind
2. groundlessly
3. foolishly
4. to no purpose

Example sentences

• 瞎说！
  Xiāshuō!
  That's bullshit!
• 我在瞎逛。
  Wǒ zài xiāguàng.
  I walked around aimlessly.
• 汤姆瞎了。
  Tom is blind.
• 只是瞎猜的。
  That was just a wild guess.
• 他不是瞎子。
  He is not blind.
• 我的右眼瞎了。
  I am blind in the right eye.

Words starting with 瞎

• 瞎子xiā ziblind person
• 瞎说xiā shuōto talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact…
• 瞎扯xiā chěto talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
• 瞎猜xiā cāito make a wild guess; blind guess
• 瞎眼xiā yǎnto be blind
• 瞎话xiā huàuntruth; lie
• 瞎吹xiā chuīto boast; to shoot one's mouth off
• 瞎弄xiā nòngto fool around with; to mess with
• 瞎忙xiā mángto putter around; to work to no avail
• 瞎拼xiā pīnshopping as a fun pastime (loanword) (Tw)
• 瞎搞xiā gǎoto fool around; to mess with; to do sth without a plan
• 瞎混xiā hùnto muddle along; to live aimlessly
• 瞎编xiā biānto fabricate (a story)
• 瞎闹xiā nàoto make a scene; to fool around; to behave foolishly
• 瞎扯蛋xiā chě dànto talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
• 瞎指挥xiā zhǐ huīto give nonsensical instructions; to issue orders out of ignorance
• 瞎子摸象xiā zi mō xiàngblind people touch an elephant…
• 瞎编乱造xiā biān luàn zàorandom lies and falsehoods
• 瞎晃xiā huàngto roam about; to monkey around
• 瞎逛xiā guàngto wander aimlessly
• 瞎掰xiā bāi(colloquial) to talk nonsense; to fool around
• 瞎猫碰上死耗子xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zia blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck

Words containing 瞎

• 黑灯瞎火hēi dēng xiā huǒpitch dark
• 抓瞎zhuā xiāto be caught unprepared
• 白瞎bái xiā(dialect) to waste (effort, money etc)
• 熊瞎子xióng xiā zibear; bruin
• 睁眼瞎zhēng yǎn xiāan illiterate; sb who has blurred vision; sb who is willfully blind
• 黑瞎子hēi xiā ziblack bear
• 黑瞎子岛Hēi xiā zi DǎoBolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River…
• 睁眼说瞎话zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
• 眼瞎耳聋yǎn xiā ěr lóngto be deaf and blind (idiom)
• 睁着眼睛说瞎话zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
• 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā quèlit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope…

Characters that look like 瞎

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 膳shànmeals
• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 缨yīngtassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon

Sounds the same

Read xiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 虾shrimp; prawn
• 呷to sip; to drink; Taiwan pr. xiá
• 煆a raging fire
• 鰕variant of 虾