Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "狹", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "狹", and master the standard way of writing the character "狹".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 狹
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "狹" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
狹
xiá
1. Narrow, not broad, opposite of "wide".
窄,不寬闊,與“廣”相對。
Example: ~窄; ~長; ~隘; 偏~; ~邪 (referring to a place where prostitutes live, often small alleys).
2. Synonym of the original meaning (narrow).
同本義 ([En.] narrow)
3. Narrow-minded.
心胸狹窄 ([En.] narrow-minded)
Example: 小人狹薄,尚爲激然之氣,戰燎於胸中 (from Tang dynasty writer Shen Yazhi).
4. Hurried.
急促 ([En.] hurried)
Example: 廣則容奸,狹則思欲 (from "The Book of Rites").
5. Urgent.
急迫 ([En.] urgent)
Example: 收租稅時,裁闊狹,與民相假貨 (from "Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance").
6. Small.
小 ([En.] small)
Example: 臣見其所持者狹,而所欲者奢,故笑之 (from "Records of the Grand Historian").
7. Less.
少 ([En.] less)
Example: 田多可以足其人者爲寬鄉,少者爲狹鄉 (from "New Book of the Tang").