xián jiǎn

salty, briny; salted; pickled

DEFINITIONS

鹹 xián
  • surname Xian
  • all
  • everyone
  • each
  • widespread
  • harmonious
  • salted
  • salty
  • stingy
  • miserly

WORDS

yān xián to pickle with salt
水 xián shuǐ salt water; brine
水妹 xián shuǐ mèi (dialect) prostitute from Guangdong (esp. one in Shanghai before the Revolution) (loanword from "handsome maid")
水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake
津津 xián jīn jīn nice and salty (taste)
津津兒 xián jīn jīn r erhua variant of 鹹津津|咸津津[xian2 jin1 jin1]
海 xián hǎi Aral Sea
淡 xián dàn salty and unsalty (flavors); degree of saltiness; brackish (water)
澀 xián sè salty and bitter; acerbic
濕 xián shī (Tw) (coll.) obscene; pornographic
絲絲 xián sī sī slightly salty
絲絲兒 xián sī sī r erhua variant of 鹹絲絲|咸丝丝[xian2 si1 si1]
肉 xián ròu bacon; salt-cured meat
菜 xián cài salted vegetables; pickles
豬手 xián zhū shǒu pervert (esp. one who gropes women in public)
酥雞 xián sū jī fried chicken pieces with salt and pepper; Taiwan-style fried chicken
魚 xián yú salted fish
魚翻身 xián yú fān shēn lit. the salted fish turns over (idiom); fig. to experience a reversal of fortune
鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg
鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial); table salt
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