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些
xiē
Main
English Definitionclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
Simplified Script些
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinxiē
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄒㄧㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping)se1
Part of Speech(量) measure word
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=4

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Words With Same Head Word    
些许xiēxǔa few; a little; a bit
些微xiēwēislightly; a little bit
些量xiēliángtittle
些须xiēxūexiguity
Words With Same Tail Word    
一些yīxiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
这些zhèxiēthese
那些nàxiēthose
哪些nǎxiēwhich ones?; who?; what?
有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat
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