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谐

xié

HSK 6 Character Traditional 諧

What 谐 means

1. bound formharmonious
2. bound formhumorous
3. literaryto reach agreement

Example sentences

• 汤姆具有诙谐的性格。
  Tom has quite a quirky personality.
• 我们的性生活不是十分和谐。
  Our sex life is not completely harmonious.
• 我们必须学会与自然和谐共处。
  Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì yǔ zìrán héxié gòngchǔ.
  We must learn to live in harmony with nature.
• 和都市生活相比，乡村生活和谐多了。
  Hé dūshì shēnghuó xiāngbǐ, xiāngcūn shēnghuó héxié duō le.
  Country life is very peaceful in comparison with city life.
• 你们共同代表着传统与进步之间的和谐。
  Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress.
• 我想知道哪个国家会第一个和谐Tatoeba？
  Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào nǎge guójiā huì dìyī gè héxié T atoeba?
  I wonder which country will be the first to censor Tatoeba.

Words starting with 谐

• 谐音xié yīnhomonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound)
• 谐剧xié jùXieju opera (ballad and dancing monologue, popular in Sichuan)
• 谐和xié héconcordant; harmonious
• 谐戏xié xìto joke
• 谐振xié zhènresonance; sympathetic vibration
• 谐星xié xīngpopular comedian; comic star
• 谐波xié bōharmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)
• 谐称xié chēnghumorous nickname
• 谐美xié měiharmonious and graceful
• 谐声xié shēngcombination of a signific component and a phonetic element to form a phono-semantic…
• 谐谈xié tánjoking; humorous talk
• 谐趣xié qùhumor; amusing
• 谐振动xié zhèn dòngharmonic oscillation (e.g. sound wave)
• 谐振子xié zhèn zǐharmonic oscillator (physics)
• 谐音列xié yīn lièharmonic series
• 谐婉xié wǎnmild and harmonious
• 谐音梗xié yīn gěnghomophonic pun
• 谐谑xié xuèbanter; humorous repartee

Words containing 谐

• 和谐hé xiéharmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor
• 诙谐huī xiéhumorous; jocular; zany
• 简谐jiǎn xiésimple harmonic (motion, oscillation etc in mechanics)
• 调谐tiáo xiéharmonious; to adjust; to tune (e.g. wireless receiver)
• 和谐性hé xié xìngcompatibility; mutual harmony
• 和谐号Hé xié HàoCRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway
• 基谐波jī xié bōfundamental frequency; base harmonic
• 简谐波jiǎn xié bōsimple harmonic wave; sine wave
• 被和谐bèi hé xiéto be "harmonized" i.e. censored
• 元音和谐yuán yīn hé xiévowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
• 简谐振动jiǎn xié zhèn dòngsimple harmonic oscillation; sinusoidal oscillation
• 简谐运动jiǎn xié yùn dòngsimple harmonic motion (in mechanics); motion of a simple pendulum
• 奥丁谐振器Ào dīng xié zhèn qìOudin coil; Oudin resonator
• 射频调谐器shè pín tiáo xié qìRF tuner
• 总谐波失真zǒng xié bō shī zhēn(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
• 俳谐pái xié(literary) humorous; facetious

Characters built on 皆

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

• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 偕xiéin company with

Characters that look like 谐

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

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 课kèsubject; course; class
• 谤bàngto slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 谍diéto spy
• 谚yànproverb
• 谙ānto be versed in; to know well

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
• 携to carry; to take along; to bring along
• 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