謝謝

See also: 谢谢

Chinese

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		to decline; to thank; gratitude	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (謝謝)		謝	謝
simp. (谢谢)		谢	谢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xièxie

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ

(Chengdu, SP): xie⁴ xie⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze⁶ ze⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhia-chhia
Jin (Wiktionary): xie³ xie^3-2
Min Dong (BUC): siâ-siâ
Min Nan (POJ): siā-siā / siā-liā
Wu (Wiktionary): xxia xxia (T3); xxia hhia (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xièxie
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh.shie
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xie⁴ xie⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiexie
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛ²¹³ ɕiɛ²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze⁶ ze⁶
  - Yale: jeh jeh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze⁶ dze⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé⁶ zé⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː²² t͡sɛː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia-chhia
  - Hakka Romanization System: qia qia
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qia⁴ qia⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xie³ xie^3-2
  - IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵ ɕie⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ-siâ
  - 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)
  - Wiktionary: xxia xxia (T3); xxia hhia (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ʑ̻ia̱²² ʑ̻ia̱⁴⁴/, /ʑ̻ia̱²² ɦia̱⁴⁴/

Interjection

謝謝

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	Beijing	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該, 多謝
	Hong Kong	唔該, 多謝
	Taishan	唔該, 多謝
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	多謝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Dongshi (Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	謝謝
Min Nan	Xiamen	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Lukang	多謝, 勞力
	Sanxia	勞力
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Magong	勞力, 多謝
	Penang	感謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
Xiang	Changsha	多謝

Verb

謝謝

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!

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.

Descendants

English: xiexie
Japanese: 謝謝 (shieshie)

Japanese

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

Etymology

From Mandarin 謝謝 (xièxie, “thank you”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) シエシエ [shíꜜèshìè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ɕie̞ɕie̞]

Interjection

謝謝 (katakana シエシエ, rōmaji shieshie)

(informal, rare) thanks, thank you (in a Chinese context)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[1] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN