xiexie

• xie xie, xie-xie, hsie hsie, hsie-hsie

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 謝謝 / 谢谢 (xièxie, “thank you”).

• enPR: shyĕ′shyĕ
• Hyphenation: xie‧xie

xiexie

1. (Chinese, colloquial) thank you
   • 1989 May 15 [1989 May 14], Tim Luard, quotee, “Split Between Students Reported”, in Daily Report: China, number 092, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hong Kong Domestic Service, From the "Hong Kong Today" Program—live telephone interview by anchorman Nick Bailey with Beijing correspondent Tim Luard, →ISSN, →OCLC, National Affairs, page 43, column 2:

     When I was there, at about 0200 this morning [15 May], hundreds of students had swarmed up the steps of the Great Hall and sat there making political speeches. Troops were moved in, 100 or so filed out of the hall and drove the students back, but they were extremely gentle, saying xiexie, xiexie, thank you, thank you, and the relations seemed to be extremely good; I don't think that there is anything the authorities can do now to get them off even though they have said the square will be closed to pedestrians.

   • 2008 August 4, en, quoting Christopher Clarey, “Beijing 2008 part one: The games through different lenses”, in The New York Times (Sports section)‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 December 2025:

     Throughout the week, please feel free to share your view of the Games and our discussion in our comments section. I'll be checking in regularly. Until then, thanks to all or, more appropriately, xiexie.