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狭 xiá

narrow, limited; narrow-minded

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
犭
Traditional
狹
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 犭夹 ⿰犭夹

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  1. 这条街道非常狭窄。
    Zhè tiáo jiēdào fēicháng xiázhǎi.
    This street is very narrow.
    this (measure) street very narrow
  2. 你觉得他的想法是不是太狭隘了？
    Nǐ juéde tā de xiǎngfǎ shì bu shì tài xiá'ài le?
    Do you think his thinking is too narrow-minded?
    you think his (particle) idea is not-is too narrow-minded (particle) (question)
  3. 我们不应该有狭隘的观念。
    Wǒmen bù yīnggāi yǒu xiá'ài de guānniàn.
    We shouldn't have narrow-minded views.
    we not should have narrow-minded (particle) concept
  4. 这条路并不狭窄，可以并排走两辆车。
    Zhè tiáo lù bìng bù xiázhǎi, kěyǐ bìngpái zǒu liǎng liàng chē.
    This road isn't narrow, two cars can drive side by side.
    this (measure) road at-all not narrow, can side-by-side go two (measure) car
  5. 老城区的巷子大多又窄又狭长。
    Lǎo chéngqū de xiàngzi dàduō yòu zhǎi yòu xiácháng.
    The alleys in the old town are mostly narrow and long.
    old town-district (particle) alley mostly both narrow and narrow-long

Words with 狭 (2)