咸 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

咸 English definition

xián

  • salted
  • salty
  • stingy
  • miserly

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : elegant; refined; to be skilled at;
  • : to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect;
  • : bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1];
  • : composed, contented;
  • : to pull out (esp. hair or feathers); to pick; to pluck; fig. to extract (lines from a text);
  • : saliva;
  • : epilepsy; insanity;
  • : side of a ship or an aircraft;
  • : millipede;
  • : bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title;
  • : to bring into accord; sincerity;
  • : worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation;
  • : to stay idle; to be unoccupied; not busy; leisure; enclosure;
  • : silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus); silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade;

Sentences examples with 咸

  • 盐放多了,菜有点儿咸。
    Yán fàng duōle, cài yǒudiǎn er xián.
  • 汤不咸,还是再放点儿盐吧。
    Tāng bù xián, háishì zài fàng diǎn er yán ba.

Words containing 咸, by HSK level