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xián

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xián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xián | xian2
English translation
variant of xián
> xián [xián]
bit (of a bridle)
to hold in the mouth
to harbor (feelings)
to link
to accept
rank
title
rank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth

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About xián

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xián

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of xián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

行钅

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

háng

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Example sentences using xián

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xiàn zài ,正衔 zhāo 旱烟管, zài 洞窟 dòng kū 随手 suíshǒu jiǎn fān .

With a pipe in his mouth , Taoist Wang jumbled through his new discoveries in the cave.

diǎo zài 打来 de shí xián 回去 huí qu wéi 小鸟 xiǎo niǎo .

The mother bird was taking food to its young.

应当 yīng dāng zǒng shì 礼貌 lǐmào de yòng xìng huò 头衔 tóu xián 称呼 chēnghu 老师 lǎoshī .

Always refer to a teacher by title and last name.

凭着 duì 时装业 de 杰出贡献他于1990 Nián 荣获 róng huò Yīng 帝国 dì guó 官佐勋衔

He was awarded the OBE in 1990 for services to fashion.

shì 国王 guówáng 赐给 cì gěi de 头衔 tóu xián

It was a title bestowed upon him by the king.

Words with xián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
头衔 tóu xián title頭銜
衔接 xiánjiē to combine銜接
xián to link xián
军衔 jūn xián army rank軍銜
领衔 lǐng xián leading (role)領銜
官衔 guān xián title官銜
领衔主演 lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn starring領銜主演
警衔 jǐng xián police rank警銜
授衔 shòu xián rank of professor授銜
职衔 zhí xián title (position within an organization)職銜
名衔 míng xián rank名銜
学衔 xué xián rank學銜
结草衔环 jié cǎo xián huán to repay sb's kind acts (idiom)結草銜環

xián Decomposition & Compounds

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xián Decomposition

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