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咸 (xián): salty

Stroke Order & Writing

HSK 4adjective

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: salty
Characters: 1
Part of speech: adjective
HSK level: HSK 4
Strokes: 9
Radical: 口
Structure: 半包围结构

Full definitions

all
everyone
each
widespread
harmonious
salted
salty
stingy
miserly
salty
salted
surname Xian
(literary) all
everyone
each
widespread
(dialect) stingy
miserly

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Example sentences

This dish is too salty; I drank a lot of water.

I like to eat savory porridge for breakfast.

Salted fish is a common food in Guangdong.

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