咸 / 鹹
xián
Meaning
- salted
- salty
- stingy
- miserly
- all
- everyone
- each
- widespread
- harmonious
- surname Xian
Example sentences
你不能喝海水，因为它太咸了。
你不能喝海水，因爲它太鹹了。
nǐ bù néng hē hǎi shuǐ， yīn wèi tā tài xián le。
You can't drink seawater because it's too salty.
如果你尝一下菜汁，你会发现它很咸。
如果你嘗一下菜汁，你會發現它很鹹。
rú guǒ nǐ cháng yī xià cài zhī， nǐ huì fā xiàn tā hěn xián。
If you taste the sauce, you'll find it's very salty.
这汤太咸了。
這湯太鹹了。
zhè tāng tài xián le。
This soup is too salty.