咸 (xián) — salty
Definition
咸 (xián) is the everyday adjective for the taste of salt — salty. Unlike the listed siblings (每, 各, 普遍, etc.), which are about 'each/every' or 'widespread', 咸 only describes flavor, so no near-synonym contrast applies.
adjective
salty
Easily confused
- 喊hǎnlook-aliketo shout; to yell; to call out (to someone)
- 闲xiánsound-alikefree (not busy), idle, unoccupied
- 减jiǎnlook-aliketo reduce, to decrease, to subtract
- 嫌xiánsound-aliketo dislike (usually because something is unsatisfactory); to complain about; to find fault with
- 感gǎnlook-alike(suffix) sense of ∼; feeling of ∼ (forms abstract nouns)
- 弦xiánsound-alike(noun) string (of a musical instrument or a bow)
Examples
- 咸，。Zhè ge cài tài xián le, wǒ chī bú xià qù.This dish is too salty; I can't eat it.
- 咸。Wǒ bù xǐ huan chī tài xián de dōng xī.I don't like eating things that are too salty.
- ，咸。Qǐng shǎo fàng diǎn yán, bù rán huì tài xián.Please put less salt, otherwise it'll be too salty.
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