xiá

common
adjective

Meaning of

狭 means narrow (opposite of 'wide'); tight; constricted. Pronounced xiá.

  • narrow (opposite of 'wide'); tight; constricted

Character Info

Radical
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Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
tiáo
shān
hěn
xiá
zhǎi
 
zhǐ
néng
róng
rén
tōng
guò
 

This mountain road is very narrow, only allowing one person to pass through.

men
zài
xiá
zhǎi
de
xiǎo
xiàng
ér
 

They met unexpectedly in the narrow alley.

Suí
zhe
chéng
shì
zhǎn
 
lǎo
chéng
de
jiē
dào
xiǎn
de
yuè
lái
yuè
xiá
zhǎi
 

With urban development, the streets in the old city area appear increasingly narrow.

de
zhī
shi
miàn
jiào
xiá
zhǎi
 
yào
duō
shū
lái
tuò
kuān
shì
 

His knowledge is relatively narrow; he needs to read more books to broaden his horizons.

Zhè
liǎng
guān
diǎn
dài
biǎo
le
tóng
de
chǎng
 
yīng
xiàn
xiá
ài
de
zhēng
lùn
 

These two viewpoints represent different positions and should not fall into narrow-minded debate.