嫩 (nèn) — tender (of food, vegetables, meat, etc.); light, soft (of colors); inexperienced, green (of a person)
Definition
嫩 (nèn) has three distinct senses: tender (meat, vegetables), light/soft (a color like green), and inexperienced (a person). For people, 稚嫩 is the same idea but a written, literary adjective.
adjective
tender (of food, vegetables, meat, etc.)lightsoft (of colors)inexperiencedgreen (of a person)
Easily confused
Examples
- 嫩，。Zhè xiē qīng cài nèn jí le, rù kǒu jiù zhī dào xīn xiān.These greens are extremely tender; you can tell they're fresh as soon as you taste them.
- 嫩。Tā chuān le yí jiàn nèn lǜ sè de chèn shān.She wore a light green shirt.
- 嫩，。Tā hái tài nèn, bù néng chéng dān zhè me zhòng yào de rèn wu.He is still too inexperienced to take on such an important task.
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