盐 yán▶ salt

HSK 4HSK 3.0 · Level 4

Traditional

鹽

Measure word

粒

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, 盐 is in band 4. HSK 4 explained

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中盐means salt. You'd say it in the kitchen, when you're cooking with a friend. You taste the soup, and it's a little bland, so you ask them to pass it. Want to say it out loud?

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Stroke order

盐 is written in 10 strokes.

• 盐

Related words

• 呀sentence-final particle
• 严格strict

盐 is pronounced yán and means “salt”.