Radical:

meaning for xiè:

  • - to leak (of water or gas)
  • - to drip
  • - to drain
  • - to discharge
  • - to leak out
  • - to divulge (secrets)
  • - to give vent (to anger, spite etc)
  • - to disperse
  • - to reduceto give vent to (one's feelings)(of a liquid or gas) to leak
  • - to divulge (a secret)
  • - to leakto drain (by leading off water)
  • - to unburden oneself
  • - to divulge
  • - to leak a secretto drain (factory waste etc)
  • - to excrete (urine, sweat etc)lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)
  • - fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)