咸 - xián - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
9 strokes
Simplified

咸 (鹹) ( 咸 )

xián

Definition

salty
菜太咸了。

This dish is too salty.
salted
stingy
miserly
(as an adverb, literary) all
咸受其益。

All benefited from it.
everyone
这本书老少咸宜。

This book is suitable for everyone (old and young).
widespread
harmonious

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

感

gǎn

to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of (~)

喊

hǎn

to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)

减

jiǎn

to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish

碱

jiǎn

base; alkali; soda (chemistry)

缄

jiān

letters; to close; to seal

yellow

to bring into accord; sincerity

fever; tartar horn

Physalis alkekengi

Related words (16)

salt water; brine

salty and bitter; acerbic

咸淡

xián dàn

salty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)

咸盐

xián yán

salt (colloquial); table salt

咸肉

xián ròu

bacon; salt-cured meat

咸菜

xián cài

salted vegetables; pickles

salted fish

slightly salty

(dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")

salt lake

nice and salty (taste)

咸猪手

xián zhū shǒu

pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)

咸酥鸡

xián sū jī

fried chicken pieces with salt and pepper; Taiwan-style fried chicken

salted duck egg

ancient Chinese stringed instrument

老少咸宜

lǎo shào xián yí

suitable for young and old

Idioms (2)

咸与维新

xián yù wéi xīn

everyone participates in reforms (idiom); to replace the old with new; to reform and start afresh

咸鱼翻身

xián yú fān shēn

(lit.) the salted fish turns over (idiom); (fig.) to experience a reversal of fortune

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