狭

狹

xiá

adjective #15,025

Meanings

1 narrow
2 narrow-minded

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Examples

这条巷子太狭了，车开不进去。

Zhè tiáo xiàngzi tài xiá le, chē kāi bù jìnqù.

This alley is too narrow; a car can't drive in.

他的眼界很狭，看不到更大的世界。

Tā de yǎnjiè hěn xiá, kàn bù dào gèng dà de shìjiè.

His vision is very narrow; he can't see the bigger world.

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usage

Rarely used alone in modern Chinese. Usually appears in compounds: 狭窄 (xiázhǎi, narrow), 狭隘 (xiá'ài, narrow-minded), 狭长 (xiácháng, long and narrow).

Stroke Order

狭 xiá