泄
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(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
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Dict coverage rank #1,725 U+6CC4
How 泄 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 世 (phonetic, shì)
How to remember it
discharge · Heisig RSH #1531
水 water + 世 generation
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 世
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 世 (shì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 世 sound component | shì | generation, era, age; world |
| 绁 | xiè | to shorten, to contract; tie, leash |
| 贳 | shì | to borrow; to pardon; loan |
Words containing 泄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天机不可泄露 | tiān jī bù kě xiè lù | lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at l… |
| 水泄不通 | shuǐ xiè bù tōng | (lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom); (fig.) (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetra… |
| 天机不可泄漏 | tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu | lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at l… |
| 泄露天机 | xiè lù tiān jī | to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag |
| 排泄系统 | pái xiè xì tǒng | drainage system; excretory system |
| 泄漏天机 | xiè lòu tiān jī | to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag |
| 漏泄天机 | lòu xiè tiān jī | to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag |
| 排泄物 | pái xiè wù | excreta; waste matter (feces, urine etc) |
| 泄气 | xiè qì | to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger;… |
| 发泄 | fā xiè | to give vent to (one's feelings) |
| 泄欲工具 | xiè yù gōng jù | sexual object |
| 泄出 | xiè chū | to leak out; to release (liquid or gas) |
| 外泄 | wài xiè | to leak (usually secret information) |
| 泄流 | xiè liú | drainage |
| 泄密 | xiè mì | to leak secrets |
| 泄底 | xiè dǐ | to divulge the inside story |
| 排泄 | pái xiè | to drain (factory waste etc); to excrete (urine, sweat etc) |
| 泄露 | xiè lòu | to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xie4lu4] |
| 早泄 | zǎo xiè | premature ejaculation |
| 春光乍泄 | chūn guāng zhà xiè | spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of sth intimat… |