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What 咸 means

surname Xian; all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious; salted; salty; stingy; miserly

Ideographic: One 一 voice 口 surrounded by conflict 戈

Made of 戊 + 一 + 口

Words with 咸

• 咸鱼xián yúsalted fish
• 咸菜xián càisalted vegetables; pickles
• 咸丰草xián fēng cǎo(Tw) (botany) hairy beggarticks (Bidens pilosa var. radiata)
• 咸水xián shuǐsalt water; brine
• 咸水湖xián shuǐ húsalt lake
• 咸津津xián jīn jīnnice and salty (taste)
• 咸淡xián dànsalty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)
• 咸湿xián shī(Tw) (coll.) obscene; pornographic
• 咸丝丝xián sī sīslightly salty
• 咸肉xián ròubacon; salt-cured meat
• 咸猪手xián zhū shǒupervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)
• 咸鸭蛋xián yā dànsalted duck egg

咸 in a sentence

• 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?

• 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.

• 这顿饭不咸。

  zhè dùn fàn bù xián 。

  The meal is not salty.

Characters that sound like 咸

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