些
xiēsuò HSK1

a few

些 xiē frequency
some numeralmeasure word
Used as a measure word for a small or indefinite amount, meaning "some", "a few", or "several"

我给你带了些新杂志。

wǒ gěi nǐ dài le xiē xīn zá​zhì.

I brought you some new magazines.

让我们吃些米饭吧。

ràng wǒ​men chī xiē mǐ fàn ba.

Let’s eat some rice.

a little bit particleadjective
Used after adjectives or certain verbs to indicate a slight degree or a small amount, equivalent to 一点儿 yī​diǎn​r

我希望他今天心情好些。

wǒ xī​wàng tā jīn​tiān xīn​qíng hǎo xiē.

I hope he is in a better mood, today.

周末价格会高些。

zhōu​mò jià​gé huì gāo xiē.

Prices are higher at weekends.

些 suò
[sentence-final]
(literary) Used as a sentence-final word in ancient poetry (notably the Chu Ci) to express doubt, exclamation, or advice

Cross-References

Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
86th most common 2069.9 per million
Movie subtitles
72nd most common 2415.0 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
634.5 per million appears in 86% of films
Written text
124.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+4E9B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)