斜
xié
HSK 5
#1,784 most
frequent character
inclined, slanting, oblique
adjective
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
斗 is a serving spoon and the meaning part; 余 yú supplies the sound, though the link is not obvious in Mandarin. It first meant 'ladle water.' The sense 'slanted' was borrowed for its sound, not from the spoon.
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Example Sentences
这座建筑的屋顶是斜的。
zhè zuò jiànzhù de wūdǐng shì xié de 。
The roof of this building is slanted.
这条斜坡很难爬上去。
zhè tiáo xiépō hěn nán páshàngqù 。
This slope is hard to climb.
请把桌子斜放在角落里。
qǐng bǎ zhuōzǐ xié fàngzài jiǎoluòlǐ 。
Please put the table at an angle in the corner.
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