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鹹

xián

salty, briny; salted; pickled

Strokes
20
Radical
鹵
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 咸

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 咸, the simplified form of 鹹. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 你不能喝海水,因为它太咸了。

    Nǐ bù néng hē hǎi shuǐ yīn wèi tā tài xián le

    You can't drink seawater because it is too salty.

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  • 这顿饭不咸。

    Zhè dùn fàn bù xián

    The meal is not salty.

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  • 做人如果没有梦想,那和咸鱼有什么区别?

    Zuò rén rú guǒ méi yǒu mèng xiǎng nà hé xián yú yǒu shén me qū bié

    Without dreams, what different are we from animals?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 咸

  • 咸xián 2all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious