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邪

xié

Character

What 邪 means

1. demonic
2. iniquitous
3. nefarious
4. evil
5. unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
6. colloquialstrange
7. abnormal

Other readings

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

• xiéold variant of {邪|xié}

Example sentences

• 邪教！
  Heresy!
• 改邪归正。
  Gǎixiéguīzhèng.
  Straighten up.
• 她是很邪恶的女巫。
  She's an evil witch.
• 战争是绝对的邪恶。
  War is an absolute evil.
• 没有什幺能阻碍我邪恶的计划。
  Nothing will hinder my malicious plan.
• 我们也得时不时替她驱除邪眼。
  We also have to cast off the evil eye from her every so often.

Words starting with 邪

• 邪恶xié èsinister; vicious; wicked
• 邪教xié jiàoevil cult
• 邪气xié qìevil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air
• 邪门xié ménstrange; unusual; evil ways
• 邪说xié shuōharmful teachings; evil doctrine
• 邪念xié niànwicked idea; evil thought; evil desire
• 邪乎xié huextraordinary; severe; exaggerated
• 邪修xié xiū(slang) to achieve a goal using an unconventional but highly effective method
• 邪招xié zhāoclever move from out of left field
• 邪荡xié dàngobscene
• 邪术xié shùsorcery
• 邪财xié cáiwindfall; easy money; ill-gotten gains
• 邪路xié lùdeviant path; evil ways
• 邪灵xié língevil spirits
• 邪魔xié móevil spirit
• 邪不敌正xié bù dí zhènggood will always triumph over evil (idiom)
• 邪典电影xié diǎn diàn yǐngcult film
• 邪恶轴心xié è zhóu xīnthe Axis of Evil
• 邪知邪见xié zhī xié jiànfalse wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)
• 邪门歪道xié mén wāi dàolit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom); corrupt practices; crooked methods; dishonesty
• 邪僻xié pìabnormal; improper; beyond the pale
• 邪祟xié suìevil spirit
• 邪径xié jìngsee 邪路
• 邪道xié dàosee 邪路

Words containing 邪

• 无邪wú xiéwithout guilt
• 改邪归正gǎi xié guī zhèngto mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
• 中邪zhòng xiéto be possessed; to be bewitched
• 奸邪jiān xiécrafty and evil; a treacherous villain
• 正邪zhèng xiéopposition between vital energy 正气
• 病邪bìng xiépathogeny (cause of disease) in TCM; as opposed to vital energy 正气
• 避邪bì xiéto avoid evil spirits
• 除邪chú xiéto guard against evil; to exorcise
• 风邪fēng xiépathogenic influence (TCM)
• 驱邪qū xiéto drive out devils; exorcism
• 偏邪不正piān xié bù zhèngbiased; prejudiced (idiom)
• 扶正压邪fú zhèng yā xiéto uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
• 舍正从邪shě zhèng cóng xiéto be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
• 弃邪归正qì xié guī zhèngto give up evil and return to virtue
• 正邪相争zhèng xié xiāng zhēngterm in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正气
• 消灾避邪xiāo zāi bì xiéto avoid calamities and evil spirits
• 妖邪yāo xiéevil monster
• 辟邪bì xiéto ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅
• 歪门邪道wāi mén xié dàodishonest practices
• 歪风邪气wāi fēng xié qìnoxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends
• 祛邪qū xiéto exorcise; to drive away evil spirits
• 谗邪chán xiélies and slander; malicious calumny
• 六邪liù xié(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 风

Characters that look like 邪

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

• 邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
• 邻línneighbor; adjacent; close to
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 彤tóngred
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 邬Wūsurname Wu; ancient place name

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
• 谐(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 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