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嫌

xián

HSK 6 Character

What 嫌 means

1. to dislike
2. suspicion
3. resentment
4. enmity
5. abbr. for {嫌犯|xián fàn}, criminal suspect

Example sentences

• 我不嫌弃他们。
  Wǒ bù xiánqì tāmen.
  I don't dislike them.
• 警方逮捕了嫌疑人。
  Jǐngfāng dàibǔ le xiányírén.
  The police arrested the suspect.
• 两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。
  Liǎng gè zhēntàn gēnzhe xiányírén.
  Two detectives followed the suspect.
• 嫌疑犯目前性别不明。
  Xiányífàn mùqián xìngbié bù míng.
  The suspect's gender is currently unknown.
• 嫌疑人是一位白人女性。
  Xiányírén shì yī wèi báirén nǚxìng.
  The suspect is a caucasian female.
• 多听不多言, 里外人不嫌。
  Duō tīng bù duōyán, lǐwài rén bù xián.
  He that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.

Words starting with 嫌

• 嫌疑xián yísuspicion; to have suspicions
• 嫌疑人xián yí réna suspect
• 嫌弃xián qìto regard with disdain; to shun
• 嫌犯xián fàncriminal suspect
• 嫌疑犯xián yí fàna suspect
• 嫌恶xián wùto loathe; to abhor; hatred
• 嫌厌xián yànto loathe
• 嫌恨xián hènhatred
• 嫌猜xián cāisuspicion
• 嫌贫爱富xián pín ài fùto favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom); snobbish
• 嫌怨xián yuàngrievance; hatred
• 嫌忌xián jìsuspicion
• 嫌隙xián xìhostility; animosity

Words containing 嫌

• 涉嫌shè xiánto be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of
• 主嫌zhǔ xiánprime, key or main suspect (law)
• 前嫌qián xiánformer hatred; bygone enmity
• 引嫌yǐn xiánto avoid arousing suspicions
• 稍嫌shāo xiánmore than one would wish; somewhat; a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc)
• 讨嫌tǎo xiándisagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck
• 避嫌bì xiánto avoid arousing suspicion
• 释嫌shì xiánto forget bad feelings; to mend a relationship
• 涉嫌人shè xián rén(criminal) suspect
• 讨人嫌tǎo rén xiánunpleasant; disagreeable
• 冰释前嫌bīng shì qián xián(idiom) to forget previous differences; to bury the hatchet
• 口嫌体直kǒu xián tǐ zhíyour lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think…
• 尽释前嫌jìn shì qián xiánto forget former enmity (idiom)
• 口嫌体正直kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhíyour lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think…
• 凶嫌xiōng xiánalleged killer (or attacker); suspect in a case of violent crime
• 窃嫌qiè xiánsuspected thief (Tw)
• 夙嫌sù xiánold grudge; long-standing resentment
• 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pína son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for…
• 人憎狗嫌rén zēng gǒu xiánsee 人憎狗厌
• 子不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pínsee 兒不嫌母醜，儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫

Characters built on 兼

These share the phonetic component 兼 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 歉qiànto apologize; to regret; deficient
• 廉liánincorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 谦qiānmodest
• 慊qiàndissatisfied
• 蒹jiānreed
• 鹣jiānmythical bird with one eye and one wing; see also 鲽鹣
• 缣jiānthick waterproof silk

Characters that look like 嫌

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 赚zhuànto earn; to make a profit
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 嫂sǎo(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
• 媲pìto match; to pair
• 辕yuánshaft of a cart or carriage; (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen…

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 衔bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 娴elegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 涎saliva
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
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• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented