謝しゃ謝しゃ

See also: 谢谢

Chinese

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		to decline; to thank; gratitude	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (謝しゃ謝しゃ)		謝しゃ	謝しゃ
simp. (谢谢)		谢	谢
alternative forms		蟹かに蟹かに humorous

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xièxie

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ ˙ㄒㄧㄝ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xie⁴ xie⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze⁶ ze⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhia-chhia

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qia⁴ qia⁴

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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siā-siā / siā-liā
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhia-zhia / ²zia₆-zia₆

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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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia-chhia
    • Hakka Romanization System: qia qia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qia⁴ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qia⁴ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰia⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰia⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xie³ xie^3-2
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕie⁴⁵ ɕie⁴⁵⁻⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siâ-siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sia²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(s-)liɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-siā
    • Tâi-lô: siā-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxsia
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sia⁴¹⁻²² sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ sia³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sia²²⁻²¹ sia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ sia³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā-liā
    • Tâi-lô: siā-liā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxlia
    • IPA (Taipei): /sia³³⁻¹¹ lia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sia³³⁻²¹ lia³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhia-zhia
    • MiniDict: zhia^去さ zhia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxia-xxia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑia²² ʑia⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²zia₆-zia₆
    • MiniDict: zia^去さ zia^去さ
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ziɑ²² ziɑ³³/

Interjection

謝しゃ謝しゃ

1. thanks; thank you

   這次你幫了りょう大だい忙せわし，謝しゃ謝しゃ！ [MSC, trad.]
   这次你帮了りょう大だい忙せわし，谢谢！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zhècì nǐ bāng le dà máng, xièxie! [Pinyin]

   You've been a great help this time, thank you!

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝しゃ謝しゃ (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有ゆう勞ろう, 感謝かんしゃ, 感恩かんおん
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝しゃ謝しゃ, 多謝たしゃ
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 謝しゃ謝しゃ你
	Malaysia	謝しゃ謝しゃ
	Singapore	謝しゃ謝しゃ
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝たしゃ, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 感謝かんしゃ
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Yangjiang	無む該, 多謝たしゃ
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝たしゃ
Hakka	Meixian	多謝たしゃ, 恁仔細しさい §
	Xingning	多謝たしゃ
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細しさい
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細しさい
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細しさい
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ, 恁仔細しさい
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ你, 恁仔細しさい, 感謝かんしゃ, 多謝たしゃ
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ你, 恁仔細しさい, 感謝かんしゃ, 多謝たしゃ
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝たしゃ
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝たしゃ
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝たしゃ
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝かんしゃ, 多謝たしゃ, 承うけたまわ蒙こうむ
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ, 承うけたまわ蒙こうむ你, 阿おもね里加りか多た
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞ろう瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承うけたまわ蒙こうむ, 承うけたまわ蒙こうむ你, 阿おもね里加りか多た
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承うけたまわ蒙こうむ, 承うけたまわ蒙こうむ你, 恁仔細しさい, 勞力ろうりょく, 阿おもね里加りか多た
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝かんしゃ
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力ろうりょく, 阿おもね里加りか多た
	Hong Kong	多謝たしゃ
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝たしゃ
Jin	Taiyuan	謝しゃ謝しゃ
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝たしゃ
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 起動きどう
	Fuqing	多謝たしゃ
	Matsu	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 多謝たしゃ
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 起動きどう
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝かんしゃ, 多謝たしゃ, 費ひ神しん, 勞力ろうりょく
	Quanzhou	道みち謝しゃ, 感謝かんしゃ, 費ひ神しん, 勞力ろうりょく
	Zhangzhou	多謝たしゃ, 費ひ神しん, 勞力ろうりょく
	Zhao'an	多謝たしゃ, 感謝かんしゃ
	Taipei	多謝たしゃ, 勞力ろうりょく
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 阿おもね里加りか多た
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力ろうりょく
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力ろうりょく
	Kaohsiung	多謝たしゃ, 勞力ろうりょく, 感恩かんおん
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力ろうりょく, 謝しゃ謝しゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Yilan	多謝たしゃ, 勞力ろうりょく, 感恩かんおん
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝たしゃ, 勞力ろうりょく
	Taichung	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Tainan	多謝たしゃ, 勞力ろうりょく, 感恩かんおん
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ, 感恩かんおん
	Hsinchu	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Kinmen	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力ろうりょく, 多謝たしゃ
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝かんしゃ
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝かんしゃ, 費ひ神しん, 多謝たしゃ
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝たしゃ, 感謝かんしゃ
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝かんしゃ
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝かんしゃ
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝かんしゃ
	Leizhou	無む該
	Wenchang	無む該, 謝しゃ謝しゃ
	Haikou	無む該, 謝しゃ謝しゃ
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無む該
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔該 †, 多謝たしゃ §
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	唔該, 多謝たしゃ
Wu	Shanghai	謝しゃ謝しゃ, 謝しゃ謝しゃ儂わし, 多謝たしゃ
	Ningbo	謝しゃ謝しゃ儂わし, 交關感謝かんしゃ
	Wenzhou	謝しゃ謝しゃ你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝たしゃ
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Verb

謝しゃ謝しゃ

1. to thank

   請替がえ我わが謝しゃ謝しゃ她。／请替がえ我わが谢谢她。  ―  Qǐng tì wǒ xièxie tā.  ―  Please thank her for me.

   謝しゃ謝しゃ你的てき好意こうい！／谢谢你的てき好意こうい！  ―  Xièxie nǐ de hǎoyì!  ―  Thank you for your kindness!

   謝しゃ謝しゃ你的てき祝福しゅくふく！／谢谢你的てき祝福しゅくふく！  ―  Xièxiè nǐ de zhùfú!  ―  Thank you for your blessing!

   還かえ活かつ著しる，謝しゃ謝しゃ問とい候こう。 [MSC, trad.]
   还活かつ着ちゃく，谢谢问候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hái huó zhe, xièxie wènhòu. [Pinyin]

   Still living, thanks for asking.

   • 2004, “世上せじょう只ただ有ゆう [Only You in the World]”, 黃き偉えら文ぶん [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 陳ちん光榮みつえ [Punk Chan] (music)‎^[1]performed by 容よう祖そ兒じ [Joey Yung]:

     謝しゃ謝しゃ你的てき關せき顧　與あずか及無償むしょう的てき愛護あいご [Cantonese, trad.]
     谢谢你的てき关顾　与あずか及无偿的てき爱护 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ze⁶ ze⁶ nei⁵ dik¹ gwaan¹ gu³, jyu⁵ kap⁶ mou⁴ soeng⁴ dik¹ oi³ wu⁶ [Jyutping]

     thank you for your care and selfless love

Synonyms

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• 多謝たしゃ／多た谢 (duōxiè)
• 感恩かんおん (gǎn'ēn)
• 感激かんげき (gǎnjī)
• 感謝かんしゃ／感かん谢 (gǎnxiè)
• 知ち感かん (Dungan, chiefly religion)

 

Descendants

• → English: xiexie
• → Japanese: 謝しゃ謝しゃ (shieshie), 謝しゃ謝しゃ (sheishei)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謝しゃ	謝しゃ
しえ Grade: 5	しえ Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spelling
謝しゃ々 (uncommon)

Kanji in this term
謝しゃ	謝しゃ
しぇい Grade: 5	しぇい Grade: 5
irregular

Alternative spelling
謝しゃ々 (uncommon)

Etymology

From modern Mandarin 謝しゃ謝しゃ／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

謝しゃ謝しゃ(シエシエ) or 謝しゃ謝しゃ(シェイシェイ) • (shieshie or sheishei) 

1. (informal, rare) thanks, thank you (in a Chinese context)
   • 2020 January 27, 沢井さわいメグ, “【新型しんがた肺炎はいえん】日本にっぽんの企業きぎょうが中国ちゅうごくへマスク100万まん個こを送付そうふと話題わだい！ 迅速じんそくな支援しえんに中国ちゅうごくネットで感動かんどうの嵐あらし / 送おくり主ぬしはイトーヨーカドー！ 詳細しょうさいを広報こうほうに聞きいた”, in ロケットニュース24‎^[2]:

     「謝しゃ謝しゃ(シエシエ)日本にっぽん(にほん)！」
     「日本にっぽん(にほん)だってマスクは必要ひつよう(ひつよう)なのに。本当ほんとう(ほんとう)にありがとう！」
     […]

     “Shieshie Nihon!”
     “Nihon datte masuku wa hitsuyō na no ni. Hontō ni arigatō!”
     […]

     "Xiexie Japan!"
     "Even though 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(かんおん) (kan'on)
• 感謝かんしゃ(かんしゃ) (kansha)
• 多謝たしゃ(たしゃ) (tasha)