pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
泄 
泄 
xie4 
 
 
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 reduce 
 
泄 
洩 
xie4 
 
 
variant of 泄 
 
 
strokes 
8 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
5 
 
春光乍泄 
春光乍泄 
chun1 guang1 zha4 xie4 
 
 
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear) 
 
洞泄 
洞泄 
dong4 xie4 
 
 
lienteric diarrhea (TCM) 
 
发泄 
發洩 
fa1 xie4 
 
 
to give vent to (one's feelings) 
 
漏泄 
漏洩 
lou4 xie4 
 
 
a leak (e.g. of chemicals) 
 
漏泄天机 
漏洩天機 
lou4 xie4 tian1 ji1 
 
 
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag 
 
排泄 
排泄 
pai2 xie4 
 
 
to drain (factory waste etc); to excrete (urine, sweat etc) 
 
排泄物 
排泄物 
pai2 xie4 wu4 
 
 
excrement; waste 
 
排泄系统 
排洩系統 
pai2 xie4 xi4 tong3 
 
 
drainage system; excretory system 
 
倾泄 
傾泄 
qing1 xie4 
 
 
to cascade down; to flow in torrents; (fig.) outpouring (of emotions) 
 
水泄不通 
水洩不通 
shui3 xie4 bu4 tong1 
 
 
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic) 
 
天机不可泄漏 
天機不可泄漏 
tian1 ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lou4 
 
 
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you. 
 
天机不可泄露 
天機不可泄露 
tian1 ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lu4 
 
 
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed; I am not at liberty to inform you. 
 
外泄 
外泄 
wai4 xie4 
 
 
to leak (usually secret information) 
 
泄出 
泄出 
xie4 chu1 
 
 
to leak out; to release (liquid or gas) 
 
泄底 
洩底 
xie4 di3 
 
 
to divulge the inside story 
 
泄愤 
洩憤 
xie4 fen4 
 
 
to give vent to anger 
 
泄恨 
洩恨 
xie4 hen4 
 
 
to give vent to anger 
 
泄洪 
洩洪 
xie4 hong2 
 
 
to release flood water; flood discharge 
 
泄洪闸 
洩洪閘 
xie4 hong2 zha2 
 
 
sluice-gate; flood discharge valve 
 
泄劲 
洩勁 
xie4 jin4 
 
 
to lose heart; to feel discouraged 
 
泄痢 
洩痢 
xie4 li4 
 
 
to have diarrhea 
 
泄流 
洩流 
xie4 liu2 
 
 
drainage 
 
泄漏 
泄漏 
xie4 lou4 
 
 
(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge (a secret); to leak 
 
泄漏天机 
泄漏天機 
xie4 lou4 tian1 ji1 
 
 
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag 
 
泄露 
泄露 
xie4 lu4 
 
 
to leak (information); to divulge; also pr.  
 
泄露天机 
泄露天機 
xie4 lu4 tian1 ji1 
 
 
to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret; to let the cat out of the bag 
 
泄密 
洩密 
xie4 mi4 
 
 
to leak secrets 
 
泄怒 
洩怒 
xie4 nu4 
 
 
to give vent to anger 
 
泄气 
洩氣 
xie4 qi4 
 
 
to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger; (of a tire) to be flat 
 
泄私愤 
洩私憤 
xie4 si1 fen4 
 
 
to vent personal spite; to act out of malice (esp. of crime) 
 
泄泻 
泄瀉 
xie4 xie4 
 
 
diarrhea 
 
泄泻 
洩瀉 
xie4 xie4 
 
 
loose bowels; diarrhea; to have the runs 
 
泄欲 
洩慾 
xie4 yu4 
 
 
to sate one's lust 
 
泄欲工具 
洩慾工具 
xie4 yu4 gong1 ju4 
 
 
sexual object 
 
泄殖肛孔 
泄殖肛孔 
xie4 zhi2 gang1 kong3 
 
 
cloaca (of bird or reptile) 
 
泄殖腔 
洩殖腔 
xie4 zhi2 qiang1 
 
 
cloaca; cloacal cavity (of bird, reptile etc) 
 
宣泄 
宣洩 
xuan1 xie4 
 
 
to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge; to leak a secret 
 
早泄 
早洩 
zao3 xie4 
 
 
premature ejaculation