些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,566 U+4E9B
How 些 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
二 (semantic, “two”) + 此 (phonetic, cǐ)
How to remember it
somewhat · Heisig RSH #461
此 this (literary) + 二 two
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 此
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 此 (cǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 此 sound component | cǐ | this, these; in this case, then |
| 紫 | zǐ | purple, violet; amethyst; surname |
| 柴 | chái | firewood, faggots, fuel; surname |
| 雌 | cí | female; feminine; gentle, soft |
| 眦 | zì | eye socket; the corner of the eye |
| 赀 | zī | wealth, property; to estimate, to count |
| 呲 | cī | to grimace; to bare one's teeth |
| 疵 | cī | flaw, fault, defect; disease |
| 觜 | zī | beak |
| 訾 | zī | to criticize, to bad-mouth; defect; betrayal |
| 龇 | zī | to bare one's teeth; crooked teeth |
| 茈 | zǐ | a plant yielding a red dye |
| 髭 | zī | mustache |
Words containing 些
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多少有些 | duō shǎo yǒu xiē | somewhat; more or less |
| 大一些 | dà yī xiē | a bit bigger |
| 有些人 | yǒu xiē rén | some people |
| 有一些 | yǒu yī xiē | somewhat; rather; some |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some; somewhat; rather; a bit |
| 前些 | qián xiē | a few (days, years etc) ago |
| 好些 | hǎo xiē | a good deal of; quite a lot |
| 些微 | xiē wēi | slight; minor; small; slightly |
| 这些个 | zhè xiē ge | these |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 早些 | zǎo xiē | a bit earlier |
| 险些 | xiǎn xiē | narrowly; almost; nearly |
| 些许 | xiē xǔ | a few; a little; a bit |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 哪些 | nǎ xiē | which ones?; who?; what? |
| 某些 | mǒu xiē | some; certain (things) |