Meaning
slanting
Chinese: 不正、倾斜。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “xie” becomes a different word in each tone. 斜 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 倾斜qīng xiéto incline; to lean; to slant; to slope
- 斜对xié duìcatty-corner; to be diagonally opposite to
- 斜面xié miàninclined plane
- 向斜xiàng xiésyncline (geology)
- 斜体xié tǐitalics; slanting typeface
Example Sentence
夕阳斜斜地照在屋顶上。Xī yáng xié xié de zhào zài wū dǐng shàng.The setting sun shines obliquely on the rooftop.
夕阳Xī yángsunset斜xiéinclined斜xiéinclined地de(adverb marker)照zhàoto shine在zàiat屋顶wū dǐngroof上shàngon。