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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
to appear
present
now
existing
current
to appear, to manifest; current, now

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Time morpheme / 时语素 Shí yǔsù

Learning hint

To see  jiàn jade  Wáng jiàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

王见

Explanation

Simplified form of xiàn .

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Example sentences using xiàn

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

现在 xiànzài de 地形 dì xíng 起伏 qǐfú 超过 chāoguò 1000 chě shì xiāo shí 作用 zuòyòng 造成 zàochéng de .

The present relief of more than 1000 ft was due to excavation.

zài 海边 hǎi biān 发现 fāxiàn 一些 yī xiē .

He found some dead fish beside the sea.

zhè dào kān 起来 qǐlai hěn 简单 jiǎndān , dàn dāng yāo Xiè shí jiù huì 发现 fāxiàn 确实 quèshí shì dào 难题 nán tí ...

The problem looks simple enough, but when you come to try and solve it you'll find it's a real teaser.

呈现 chéngxiàn le 强烈 qiángliè de 成熟 chéngshú 浆果 jiāng guǒ de 味道 wèidao , 香甜 xiāng tián ér Wēi .

The aroma displays intense, ripe mulberry fruit with sweet spicy notes.

Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
现在 xiànzài now現在
发现 fāxiàn to find發現
出现 chūxiàn to appear出現
表现 biǎoxiàn to show表現
现场 xiànchǎng (on) the spot現場
实现 shíxiàn to achieve實現
现实 xiànshí reality現實
xiàn now xiàn
现象 xiànxiàng phenomenon現象
现代 Xiàndài modern times現代
体现 tǐxiàn to embody體現
现金 xiànjīn cash現金
呈现 chéngxiàn to appear呈現
展现 zhǎnxiàn to come out展現
现有 xiàn yǒu currently existing現有
现代化 xiàn dài huà modernization現代化
现状 xiànzhuàng current situation現狀
现行 xiàn xíng in force現行
现货 xiàn huò available item現貨
显现 xiǎn xiàn appearance顯現
现任 xiàn rèn incumbent現任
兑现 duìxiàn (of a check etc) to cash兌現
现身 xiàn shēn to appear現身
再现 zài xiàn to recreate再現
涌现 yǒngxiàn to spring up湧現

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàn Decomposition

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