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邪 meaning in English

xié

demonic; iniquitous

HSK 7-9adjective6 strokes

Meaning of 邪

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xié
  1. demonic
  2. iniquitous
  3. nefarious
  4. evil
  5. unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
  6. (coll.) strange
  7. abnormal
xié
  1. old variant of 邪[xie2]

邪 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

战zhàn争zhēng是shì绝jué对duì的de邪xié恶è。
War is an absolute evil.
她tā是shì很hěn邪xié恶è的de女nǚ巫wū。
She's an evil witch.
我wǒ们men也yě得de时shí不bù时shí替tì她tā驱qū除chú邪xié眼yǎn。
We also have to cast off the evil eye from her every so often.
改gǎi邪xié归guī正zhèng。
Straighten up.
没méi有yǒu什shén么me能néng阻zǔ碍ài我wǒ邪xié恶è的de计jì划huà。
Nothing will hinder my malicious plan.

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邪 xié · demonic · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 邪.

邪恶xié'èsinister; vicious
改邪归正gǎixié-guīzhèngto mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
邪教xiéjiàoevil cult
邪门xiéménstrange; unusual
邪灵xiélíngevil spirits
邪念xiéniànwicked idea; evil thought

Questions about 邪

What does 邪 mean?

邪 (xié) means "demonic; iniquitous" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 邪?

邪 is made of 1 character: 邪 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 邪 an HSK word?

Yes. 邪 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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