Hsieh

H4S1I1E1H4

proper noun

A surname from Mandarin.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounHsieh (plural Hsiehs)

plural Hsiehs · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Xie

  1. A surname from Mandarin.

    The man, surnamed Hsieh (謝), was arrested in the city’s Jhonghe District (中和) on Friday afternoon, after investigators combed through surveillance video footage a day earlier, police said.

    2025 March 2, “Taxi driver arrested after seven dead cats are found”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2025, Taiwan News, page 3
    1 more example

    “Of course, I know there might be limits to freedom of speech, but overall I don’t think being absorbed by China would be that bad,” said Mr. Hsieh, a poet who works at a cafe in New Taipei City.

    2022 March 1, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “Watching the War in Ukraine, Taiwanese Draw Lessons in Self-Reliance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2022, Russia-Ukraine War

Origin

  1. Mandarin謝 /谢
  2. EnglishHsieh

From the Mandarin 謝 /谢 (Xiè) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsieh⁴.

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APA

Hsieh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hsieh

MLA

“Hsieh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hsieh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hsieh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hsieh.

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