咸

The character "咸" has 9 strokes. "咸" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "咸" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "咸" are "xián" . View the stroke order of "咸">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "咸"

adv.: all; altogether

adj.: salted; salty

• all : predet., det. & pron.所有；全部；任何；尽可能；只；唯一；一切
• altogether : adv.彻底地；完全地；整个地；基本上；总体来说；所有地；总共地
• salted : adj.有经验的；盐腌的；盐味的
• salty : adj.含盐的；咸的；用盐腌的；粗俗的；猥亵的；粗鲁的；爱闹事的；挑衅的

Form words with "咸"

齁咸 awfully salty

咸涩的泪水 salty and bitter tears

Example phrases using "咸"

• 我口轻，别把菜做咸了。

  I don’t like salty food. Please don’t make my food too salty.

• 尝尝这菜的甜咸。

  Have a taste of the dish to see whether it is salty enough.

• 海水又苦又咸。

  Seawater tastes bitter and salty.

• 一个熏咸肉馅小面包。

  A bacon roll.

• 在咸开水中煮胡萝卜。

  Cook the carrots in boiling salted water.

• 煮汤煮太咸了，不加水也能变淡！

  Boil soup is too salty, not adding water can also becomes weak!

• 慢镜头显示他仅仅轻微碰到碧咸。

  Slow-motion images revealed he barely touched Beckham.

• 草药的五味：酸、苦、甘、辛、咸

  Five tastes of medicinal herb: sour, bitter, sweet, hot and salty

• 埃迪最喜爱带肉和绿豆的咸粽子。

  Eddie likes the salty ones with meat and green beans best.

• 厨师在尝那个菜，看看是否够咸。

  The cook is tasting that dish, to see if it is salty enough.