Chinese symbol for “gratitude”
谢意
xiè yì
Traditional: 謝意
gratitude; thanks
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gratitude is 谢意 (xiè yì), defined as: gratitude; thanks.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gratitude”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谢意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谢谢 (謝謝) | xiè xie | to thank; thanks |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 多谢 (多謝) | duō xiè | many thanks; thanks a lot |
| 代谢 (代謝) | dài xiè | replacement; substitution |
| 非常感谢 (非常感謝) | fēi cháng gǎn xiè | extremely grateful; very thankful |
| 谢天谢地 (謝天謝地) | xiè tiān xiè dì | (idiom) thank goodness |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gratitude”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.