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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
stuffing
forcemeat
filling
filling, stuffing; secret

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Food  shí stuffed in a hole  xiàn xiàn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

饣臽

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Example sentences using xiàn

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zuì shòu 欢迎 huānyíng de shì tián xiàn guō kuí ,特点 tèdiǎn shì xiāng tián cuì .

The most popular filling is sweetguo kui characterized fragrance, sweet, crisp, crisp.

Xiàng 炉子 lú zi 窥视 kuī shì , xiǎng 看看 kàn kan 里面 lǐ miàn de 馅饼 xiàn bǐng 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng hōng hǎo le .

He peeked into the oven at a pie baking there.

油酥面团 miàn tuán qiē Chéng xiǎo yuán piān , 每个馅饼 xiàn bǐng yòng piān .

Cut the pastry into small rounds, one for each pie.

传统 chuántǒng de 感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié 晚餐 wǎn cān 包括 bāokuò 火鸡 huǒ jī 南瓜 nán guā 馅饼 xiàn bǐng .

The orthodox Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey and pumpkin pie.

厨师 chú shī zài 馅饼 xiàn bǐng shǎng chuō le dòng .

The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.

Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
馅饼 xiàn bǐng pie餡餅
xiàn stuffing xiàn
肉馅 ròu xiàn ground meat肉餡
露馅 lòu xiàn to leak露餡
馅儿 xiànr stuffing餡兒
馅儿饼 xiàn r bǐng pie餡兒餅
露馅儿 lòu xiàn r to leak露餡兒
夹馅 jiā xiàn with filling夾餡

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàn Decomposition

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