Chinese word dictionary

闲扯

xián chě · to chat; idle talk

Practice word

Word information

Simplified闲扯

Traditional閒扯

Pinyinxián chě

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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闲xián

fence, guard; to defend; idle time

扯chě

to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk

How to learn 闲扯

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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闲xián

enclosure; (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle; unoccupied; leisure; idle; unoccupied; leisure

休闲xiūxián

leisure; relaxation; not working; idle; to enjoy leisure; to lie fallow

空闲kòngxián

leisure; spare time; (of a person) free; unoccupied; (of equipment, rooms etc) unused; idle; vacant

扯chě

to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey; variant of 扯[che3]; to pull; to tear

牵扯qiānchě

to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated

闲话xiánhuà

casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)