xiè HSK7

drain off

(瀉) xiè
diarrhea verb
to have diarrhea or to purge using a laxative

He ate something bad last night and had diarrhea all night long.

flow verb
to flow out swiftly, flood, or move like a torrent

The rain poured down, and water cascaded down from the eaves over the tiles.

Frequency

Character
Written text
2,715th most common 14.6 per million
Movie subtitles
3,087th most common 3.03 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.920 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
8.36 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+7009

Sources