Shoes in Chinese (Mandarin): 鞋子 (xiézi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 鞋子

• 鞋

  Shoe. 革 (leather) is on the left.

  15 strokes

• 子

  A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.

  3 strokes

Count shoes in pairs with 双 (shuāng): 一双鞋子, a pair of shoes. You can also just say 鞋 (xié).

More examples with 鞋子

• 我自己穿鞋子。

  Wǒ zìjǐ chuān xiézi.

  I put on my shoes by myself.

• 鞋子在门口。

  鞋子在門口。

  Xiézi zài ménkǒu.

  The shoes are by the door.

How to write 鞋子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.