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羡

xiàn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 羨

What 羡 means

1. to envy

Example sentences

• 我羡慕他。
  I envy him.
• 好羡慕啊。
  I'm so jealous!
• 我羡慕他的新房子。
  I envied his new house.
• 她羡慕她表哥的成功。
  Tā xiànmù tā biǎogē de chénggōng.
  She was envious of her cousin's success.
• 他们都羡慕我的新车。
  They all envied my new car.
• 我很羡慕你现在的生活。
  Wǒ hěn xiànmù nǐ xiànzài de shēnghuó.
  I'm really jealous of your life right now.

Words starting with 羡

• 羡慕xiàn mùto envy; to admire
• 羡慕嫉妒恨xiàn mù jí dù hènto be green with envy (neologism c. 2009)

Words containing 羡

• 艳羡yàn xiàn(literary) to admire; to envy
• 季羡林Jì Xiàn línJi Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
• 倾羡qīng xiànto admire; to adore
• 奇羡jī xiànsurplus; profit
• 心羡xīn xiànto admire
• 忌羡jì xiànto envy
• 钦羡qīn xiànto admire; to hold in high esteem
• 惊羡jīng xiànto marvel at
• 让人羡慕ràng rén xiàn mùenviable; to be admired
• 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎngbetter to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)…
• 临川羡鱼lín chuān xiàn yúsee 臨淵羨魚，临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
• 临河羡鱼lín hé xiàn yúsee 臨淵羨魚，临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网
• 临渊羡鱼lín yuān xiàn yúsee 臨淵羨魚，临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网

Characters that look like 羡

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

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• 暑shǔheat; hot weather; summer heat
• 戛gāused in 戛纳
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty

Sounds the same

Read xiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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