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

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HSK 4 - Medium
20 strokes
Traditional

鹹 (咸) ( 咸 )

xián

Definition

salty
菜太鹹了。

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

All benefited from it.
everyone
這本書老少咸宜。

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

Character Decomposition

Related words (14)

salt water; brine

salty and bitter; acerbic

鹹淡

xián dàn

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

鹹鹽

xián yán

salt (colloquial); table salt

鹹肉

xián ròu

bacon; salt-cured meat

鹹菜

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)

鹹豬手

xián zhū shǒu

pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)

鹹酥雞

xián sū jī

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

鹹鴨蛋

xián yā dàn

salted duck egg

Idioms (1)

鹹魚翻身

xián yú fān shēn

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

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