咸 xián▶ salty

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · Level 4

Traditional

鹹

HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 咸 is in band 4. HSK 4 explained

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Here is how you say salty.

中咸。

Your friend cooked soup and hands you a spoon. You taste it, wince a little, and say it's salty. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

咸 is written in 9 strokes.

• 咸

Senses

1. salted
2. salty
3. stingy
4. miserly

Related words

• 吸引to attract, draw
• 现金cash

咸 is pronounced xián and means “salty”.