泄

xiè

(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge

water (氵) + world (世) = water leaking out into the world

The water radical carries the meaning: liquid escaping where it shouldn't. 世 lends the sound xiè and has no semantic role here.

氵+世→泄
世GenerationPhonetic
氵WaterSemantic

你不能把这个秘密泄露出去。

nǐ bù néng bǎ zhè ge mì mì xiè lòu chū qù。

You must not leak this secret out.

管道里的水一直在往外泄漏,要赶快修好。

guǎn dào lǐ de shuǐ yī zhí zài wǎng wài xiè lòu,yào gǎn kuài xiū hǎo。

Water has been leaking out of the pipe the whole time; it needs to be fixed quickly.

Words with 泄

泄气

xiè qì

to leak (gas)

早泄

zǎo xiè

premature ejaculation

水泄不通

shuǐ xiè bù tōng

lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom)

倾泄

qīng xiè

to cascade down

外泄

wài xiè

to leak (usually secret information)

天机不可泄漏

tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu

lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed

天机不可泄露

tiān jī bù kě xiè lù

lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed

宣泄

xuān xiè

to drain (by leading off water)

排泄物

pái xiè wù

excreta; waste matter (feces, urine etc)

排泄系统

pái xiè xì tǒng

drainage system

排泄

pái xiè

to drain (factory waste etc)

春光乍泄

chūn guāng zhà xiè

spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)

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