謝謝

See also: 谢谢

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		to decline; to thank; gratitude	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (謝謝)		謝	謝
simp. (谢谢)		谢	谢
alternative forms		蟹蟹 humorous

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xièxie

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, SP): xie⁴ xie⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze⁶ ze⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhia-chhia

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qia⁴ qia⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): xie³ xie^3-2
• Min Dong (BUC): siâ-siâ

• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): siā-siā / siā-liā
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Shanghainese): ⁶zhia-zhia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xièxie
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sièsie̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴-hsieh⁵
    • Yale: syè-sye
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh.shie
    • Palladius: сесе (sese)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xie⁴ xie⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiexie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛ²¹³ ɕiɛ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze⁶ ze⁶
    • Yale: jeh jeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze⁶ dze⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé⁶ zé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː²² t͡sɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia-chhia
    • Hakka Romanization System: qia qia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qia⁴ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qia⁴ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰia⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰia⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xie³ xie^3-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵ ɕie⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ-siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)liɑ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-siā
    • Tâi-lô: siā-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxsia
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia³³⁻²¹ ɕia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕia²²⁻²¹ ɕia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³⁻¹¹ ɕia³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁴¹⁻²² ɕia⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-liā
    • Tâi-lô: siā-liā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxlia
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³⁻¹¹ lia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia³³⁻²¹ lia³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhia-zhia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation: ³xxia-xxia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑia²² ʑia⁴⁴/

Interjection

謝謝

1. thanks; thank you

   謝謝！／谢谢！  ―  Xièxie!  ―  Thank you!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Min Bei	Jian'ou	多謝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Min Nan	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Sanxiang	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Verb

謝謝

1. to thank

   請替我謝謝她。／请替我谢谢她。  ―  Qǐng tì wǒ xièxie tā.  ―  Please thank her for me.

   謝謝你的好意！／谢谢你的好意！  ―  Xièxie nǐ de hǎoyì!  ―  Thank you for your kindness!

   謝謝你的祝福！／谢谢你的祝福！  ―  Xièxiè nǐ de zhùfú!  ―  Thank you for your blessing!

   還活著，謝謝問候。 [MSC, trad.]
   还活着，谢谢问候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hái huó zhe, xièxie wènhòu. [Pinyin]

   Still living, thanks for asking.

Synonyms

• 多謝／多谢 (duōxiè)
• 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 感謝／感谢 (gǎnxiè)
• 知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)

 

Descendants

• → English: xiexie
• → Japanese: 謝謝 (shieshie), 謝謝 (sheishei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謝	謝
しえ Grade: 5	しえ Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spelling
謝々 (uncommon)

Kanji in this term
謝	謝
しぇい Grade: 5	しぇい Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spelling
謝々 (uncommon)

Etymology

From modern Mandarin 謝謝／谢谢 (xièxie, “thank you”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) シ​エシエ [shíꜜèshìè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕie̞ɕie̞]

• (Tokyo) シェ​ーシェー [shéꜜèshèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕe̞ːɕe̞ː]

Interjection

謝謝(シエシエ) or 謝謝(シェイシェイ) • (shieshie or sheishei) 

1. (informal, rare) thanks, thank you (in a Chinese context)
   • 2020 January 27, 沢井メグ, “【新型肺炎】日本の企業が中国へマスク100万個を送付と話題！ 迅速な支援に中国ネットで感動の嵐 / 送り主はイトーヨーカドー！ 詳細を広報に聞いた”, in ロケットニュース24‎^[1]:

     「謝謝(シエシエ)日本(にほん)！」
     「日本(にほん)だってマスクは必要(ひつよう)なのに。本当(ほんとう)にありがとう！」
     […]

     “Shieshie Nihon!”
     “Nihon datte masuku wa hitsuyō na noni. Hontō ni arigatō!”
     […]

     "Xiexie Japan!"
     "Japan also needs masks, yet [they sent us masks]. Thank you so much!"
     […]

See also

• ありがとう (arigatō)
• 感恩(かんおん) (kan'on)
• 感謝(かんしゃ) (kansha)
• 多謝(たしゃ) (tasha)