Keyword
leak
- drip
- vent
- to disperse
- to reduce
- Frequency
- #1751
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
xiè
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 世 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
泄露
to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. xiè4lu
泄漏
(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
发泄
to give vent to (one's feelings)
外泄
to leak (usually secret information)
宣泄
to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge; to leak a secret
泄
(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
泄密
to leak secrets
早泄
premature ejaculation
排泄
to drain (factory waste etc); to excrete (urine, sweat etc)
排泄物
excreta; waste matter (feces, urine etc)
泄气
to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger; (of a tire) to be flat
泄愤
to give vent to anger
水泄不通
(lit.) not one drop can trickle through (idiom); (fig.) (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable
泄洪
to release flood water; flood discharge
倾泄
to cascade down; to flow in torrents; (fig.) outpouring (of emotions)
泄泻
(TCM) to have diarrhea
泄出
to leak out; to release (liquid or gas)
泄殖腔
(zoology) cloaca; cloacal cavity
漏泄
a leak (e.g. of chemicals)
泄洪闸
sluice-gate; flood discharge valve
泄私愤
to vent personal spite; to act out of malice (esp. of crime)
泄恨
to give vent to anger
泄欲
to sate one's lust
春光乍泄
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)