xuān xiè

Traditional: 宣洩

HSK 7–9

宣泄 (xuān xiè) is a Chinese word meaning “to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself; to divulge”.

Meanings

  1. 1to drain (by leading off water)
  2. 2to unburden oneself
  3. 3to divulge
  4. 4to leak a secret
Part of speech
verb

Characters in 宣泄

宣xuān · to declare (publicly)泄xiè · (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge

Related words

宣布to declare宣布variant of 宣布[xuan1 bu4]宣传to disseminate泄露to leak (information); to divulge发泄to give vent to (one's feelings)宣誓to swear an oath (of office)泄漏(of a liquid or gas) to leak宣称to assert宣言declaration宣判to deliver one's judgement宣读to read out loud to an audience宣告to declare

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