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xián

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xián Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xián | xian2
English translation
saliva

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About xián

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xián

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of xián

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵延

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Yán

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Yán represents the sound. Simplified form of xián .

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Example sentences using xián

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牛排 niú pái 这么 zhè me xiāng ,使得 shǐ de 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī le .

The steak is so delicious that he's licking his lips.

叽叽咕咕,摇头晃脑,两脚 Huán zài 地上 dì shang luàn duò luàn dēng ,一副垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī ,苦苦 kǔ kǔ 哀告 aī gào de 样子 yàngzi .

He snorted and pranced and pawed at the floor in salivating lust and groveling need.

李景秋有着 yǒu zhe 雇主 gù zhǔ suǒ 垂涎 chuí xián de 编程 biān chéng 技能 jì néng .

Jingqiu Li has the kind of programming skills employers covet.

duō Nián lái , yòng de jiào 多的固定 gùdìng shì 动物 dòngwù 制品 zhì pǐn Lóng xián xiāng 香猫 xiāng 麝香 shè xiāng 以及 yǐjí 河狸 hé lí xiāng .

For many years the leading fixatives were the animal products ambergris, civet, musk and castoreum.

tái tóu lái , 一对 yī duì 贪婪 tānlán de 眼光 yǎnguāng 露出 lù chū 馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī de 神情 shén qíng .

He raised his head, with a look of unrestrained greed in his covetous eyes.

Words with xián

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
垂涎 chuí xián to drool垂涎 chuí xián
xián variant of xián [xián] xián
垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī to hunger for垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ to yearn for垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ
馋涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī greedy饞涎欲滴
涎水 xián shuǐ saliva涎水 xián shuǐ
涎沫 xián mò spittle涎沫 xián mò

xián Decomposition & Compounds

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