谢 (xiè) means Thanks (apologize - decline). Below are 24 of the 57 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
第二天他连 谢 谢 都没说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我 谢 了他，正要走，他叫住了我。
wǒ xiè le / liǎo / liào tā, zhèng yāo zǒu, tā jiào zhùle wǒ.
I thanked him and was about to go when he called me back.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
现在我的中文比以前好多了，我很感 谢 她。
xiànzài wǒ de(possessive) zhōngwén bǐ yǐqián hǎoduō le / liǎo / liào, wǒ hěn gǎnxiè tā.
My Chinese is much better than before now, and I'm grateful to her.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher
第二天我去拿回了手机，还带了一盒巧克力去感 谢 她。
dì'èr tiān wǒ qù ná huí le / liǎo / liào shǒujī, hái / huán dài le / liǎo / liào yī hé qiǎokèlì qù gǎnxiè tā.
The next day I went to collect it, and took a box of chocolates to thank her.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
From the travel phrasebook
谢 谢 款待。
Xièxie kuǎndài.
Thank you for your hospitality.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
谢 谢 您的时间。
Xièxie nín de shíjiān.
Thank you for your time.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
谢 谢 您的邀请。
Xièxie nín de yāoqǐng.
Thank you for the invitation.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
我够了， 谢 谢 。
Wǒ gòu le, xièxie.
I've had enough, thank you.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
谢 谢 您今天的时间。
Xièxie nín jīntiān de shíjiān.
Thank you for your time today.
Travel phrasebook · WeChat and staying in touch
谢 appears in 57 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 谢
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 谢
How is 谢 used in a sentence?
This page shows 57 sentences using 谢 (xiè, "Thanks (apologize - decline)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 谢 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 谢 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 谢?
The dictionary page for 谢 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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