Dictionary › 涩

涩

sè

HSK 6 Character Traditional 澀

What 涩 means

1. astringent
2. tart
3. acerbity
4. unsmooth
5. rough (surface)
6. hard to understand
7. obscure

Other readings

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

• sèold variant of {涩|sè}

Example sentences

• 汤姆挺羞涩的。
  Tom is fairly shy.
• 忠犬八公的雕像伫立在涩谷站前。
  Zhōng quǎn bā gōng de diāoxiàng zhùlì zài sè gǔ zhàn qián.
  The statue of Hachiko, the faithful dog, stands in front of Shibuya Station.
• 下一班火车将在第二月台, 于下午四点三十五分前往涩谷。
  Xià yī bān huǒchē jiāng zài dì'èr yuètái, yú xiàwǔ sì diǎn sānshí wǔ fēn qiánwǎng sè gǔ.
  The next train arriving at platform 2 will depart for Shibuya at 4:35pm.

Words starting with 涩

• 涩味sè wèiacerbic (taste); astringent
• 涩脉sè màisluggish pulse

Words containing 涩

• 羞涩xiū sèshy; bashful
• 苦涩kǔ sèbitter and astringent; pained; agonized
• 晦涩huì sèdifficult to understand; cryptic
• 干涩gān sèdry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
• 酸涩suān sèsour; acrid; (fig.) bitter
• 生涩shēng sèunripe; tart; not fully proficient
• 囊中羞涩náng zhōng xiū sèto be embarrassingly short of money
• 冷涩lěng sècold and sluggish; chilly
• 脱涩tuō sèto remove astringent taste
• 青涩qīng sèunderripe; (fig.) young and inexperienced
• 咸涩xián sèsalty and bitter; acerbic
• 讷涩nè sèclumsy in speech; tongue tied
• 拙涩zhuō sèclumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing
• 艰深晦涩jiān shēn huì sèabstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
• 蹇涩jiǎn sèawkward; lame; difficulty (esp. in moving)

Characters built on 止

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

• 扯chěto pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy
• 歰sèold variant of 涩

Characters that look like 涩

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

• 淫yínexcess; excessive; wanton
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 逅hòuused in 邂逅
• 浚jùnto dredge (a river)
• 掇duōto pick up; to collect; to gather up
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 色color; look; appearance
• 塞(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 啬stingy
• 瑟a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
• 铯cesium (chemistry)
• 穑gather in harvest
• 濇grating (of surfaces)
• 璱bright (of jade)
• 譅talkative; loquacious
• 轖leather top of a cart
• 歰old variant of 涩
• 歮old variant of 涩