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鞋

xié

HSK 3 Character Measure word 双、只

What 鞋 means

1. shoe

Other readings

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

• xiévariant of {鞋|xié}

Example sentences

• 系上鞋带。
  Jìshang xiédài.
  Tie your shoelaces.
• 我卖鞋子。
  I sell shoes.
• 她有棕色鞋。
  Tā yǒu zōngsè xié.
  She has brown shoes.
• 鞋子在哪儿？
  Where're the shoes?
• 她穿着舞鞋。
  She was wearing pumps.
• 这鞋不好走。
  These shoes are uncomfortable to walk in.

Words starting with 鞋

• 鞋子xié zishoe
• 鞋底xié dǐsole (of a shoe)
• 鞋带xié dàishoelace
• 鞋袜xié wàshoes and socks
• 鞋跟xié gēnheel (of a shoe)
• 鞋垫xié diàninsole; shoe insert
• 鞋印xié yìnshoeprint
• 鞋套xié tàoovershoe; shoe cover
• 鞋履xié lǚfootwear
• 鞋帮xié bānguppers of a shoe
• 鞋油xié yóushoe polish
• 鞋拔xié báshoehorn
• 鞋拔子xié bá zishoehorn
• 鞋匠xié jiangshoemaker; cobbler
• 鞋楦xié xuànshoe tree

Words containing 鞋

• 皮鞋pí xiéleather shoes
• 拖鞋tuō xiéslippers; sandals; flip-flops
• 高跟鞋gāo gēn xiéhigh-heeled shoes
• 凉鞋liáng xiésandal
• 运动鞋yùn dòng xiésports shoes; sneakers
• 布鞋bù xiécloth shoes
• 球鞋qiú xiéathletic shoes
• 脱鞋tuō xiéto take off one's shoes
• 草鞋cǎo xiéstraw sandals
• 胶鞋jiāo xiérubber overshoes; galoshes; rubber shoes or boots…
• 破鞋pò xiébroken shoes; worn-out footwear; loose woman
• 绣花鞋xiù huā xiéembroidered shoes
• 上鞋shàng xiéto sole a shoe; to stitch the sole to the upper
• 便鞋biàn xiécloth shoes; slippers
• 冰鞋bīng xiéskating boots; skates
• 单鞋dān xiéunpadded shoes
• 套鞋tào xiéovershoes; galoshes
• 木鞋mù xiéclogs (footwear); sabot
• 板鞋bǎn xiéskate shoes
• 油鞋yóu xiéwaterproof shoes; oiled shoes (for wet weather)
• 波鞋bō xié(dialect) sports shoes; sneakers…
• 舞鞋wǔ xiédance shoes
• 跑鞋pǎo xiérunning shoes
• 雨鞋yǔ xiéwaterproof footwear (rubber boots etc)

Characters that look like 鞋

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

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 鞑DáTartar; a tribe in China
• 鞘qiàoscabbard; sheath

Sounds the same

Read xié, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 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