咸 meaning and pronunciation

咸
Simplified/traditional character

咸 English definition

xián
  • salted
  • salty
  • stingy
  • miserly

HSK levels

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 娴 : elegant; refined; to be skilled at;
  • 嫌 : to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect;
  • 弦 : bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1];
  • 憪 : composed, contented;
  • 挦 : to pull out (esp. hair or feathers); to pick; to pluck; fig. to extract (lines from a text);
  • 涎 : saliva;
  • 痫 : epilepsy; insanity;
  • 舷 : side of a ship or an aircraft;
  • 蚿 : millipede;
  • 衔 : bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title;
  • 諴 : to bring into accord; sincerity;
  • 贤 : worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation;
  • 闲 : to stay idle; to be unoccupied; not busy; leisure; enclosure;
  • 鹇 : 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

柿 羡