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涎

xián

Character

What 涎 means

1. saliva

Other readings

涎 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiánvariant of {涎|xián}

Example sentences

• 小家伙一听到有好吃的，口涎就流出来好长！
  Xiǎo jiāhuo yī tīngdào yǒu hǎochī de, kǒu xián jiù liúchū lái hǎo cháng!
  The little child drools whenever he hears of something delicious.
• 梭罗垂涎于这种植物强壮的紫色茎秆，将其制成藤条，而知更鸟则以深红色汁液的浆果为食。
  Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.

Words starting with 涎

• 涎水xián shuǐsaliva
• 涎沫xián mòspittle

Words containing 涎

• 垂涎chuí xiánto drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily
• 垂涎三尺chuí xián sān chǐto drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet
• 流涎liú xián(literary) to salivate; to drool; (fig.) to crave sth hungrily
• 黏涎nián xiansaliva; slobber; (colloquial) long-winded; meandering
• 黏涎子nián xián zisaliva; dribble
• 龙涎香lóng xián xiāngambergris
• 垂涎欲滴chuí xián yù dīto drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for
• 染指垂涎rǎn zhǐ chuí xiánlit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
• 馋涎欲滴chán xián yù dīlit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for; greedy
• 馋涎欲垂chán xián yù chuísee 馋涎欲滴

Characters that look like 涎

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

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 桃táopeach
• 绒róngvelvet; woolen
• 翅chì(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
• 挞tà(bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. tǎ)

Sounds the same

Read xián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咸all; everyone; each
• 闲enclosure; (variant of 闲; unoccupied
• 嫌to dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 弦bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring
• 贤worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 衔bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 娴elegant; refined; to be skilled at
• 舷side of a ship or an aircraft
• 痫epilepsy; insanity
• 䕭a kind of vegetable
• 伭(literary) cruel; ruthless; (literary) dark red; black
• 憪composed, contented