卸
xiè HSK7

lay down

卸 xiè
unload verb
to unload cargo or goods from a vehicle or vessel

工人们正在码头卸货。

gōng​rén men zhèng​zài mǎ​tou xiè huò.

Workers are unloading cargo at the dock.

relinquish verb
to get rid of, lay down, or pass on a burden, responsibility, or office

完成任务后，他终于卸下了心理负担。

wán​chéng rèn​wu hòu, tā zhōng​yú xiè xià le xīn​lǐ fù​dān.

After finishing the task, he finally let go of his psychological burden.

remove verb
to take off, dismantle, or strip away parts, equipment, or makeup

他把旧自行车的零件都卸了下来。

tā bǎ jiù zì​xíng​chē de líng​jiàn dōu xiè le xià​lai.

He disassembled all the parts from the old bicycle.

unhitch verb
to unhitch animals from a vehicle or detach a trailer

他把马卸下，牵进马厩休息。

tā bǎ mǎ xiè xià, qiān jìn mǎ​jiù xiū​xi.

He unhitched the horse and led it to the stable for a rest.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,479th most common 19.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,394th most common 10.2 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.20 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
9.92 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5378

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