Chinese symbol for “thank”
谢谢
xiè xie
Traditional: 謝謝
to thank; thanks; thank you
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thank is 谢谢 (xiè xie), defined as: to thank; thanks; thank you.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thank”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 谢 (謝) | xiè | to thank; (bound form) to apologize |
| 申谢 (申謝) | shēn xiè | to express gratitude; to thank |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谢谢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thank”.
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.