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腥

xīng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

腥 (xīng) means "fishy (smell)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 腥 means

1. fishy (smell)

Example sentences

• 烧的时候加黄酒把腥味去掉。
  Shāo de shíhou jiā huángjiǔ bǎ xīng wèi qùdiào.
  Add the rice wine to get rid of the foreign taste when cooking.
• 因为他认为美剧镜头很血腥，所以他不喜欢看美剧。
  Yīnwèi tā rènwéi Měijù jìngtóu hěn xuèxīng, suǒyǐ tā bù xǐhuan kàn Měijù.
  Because American dramas are very bloody, he doesn't like watching them.

Words starting with 腥

• 腥臭xīng chòufishy and smelly
• 腥风血雨xīng fēng xuè yǔlit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage

Words containing 腥

• 血腥xuè xīngreeking of blood; bloody (events)
• 偷腥tōu xīngto cheat on one's spouse; to have an affair
• 土腥tǔ xīng(of a taste or smell) earthy
• 鱼腥草yú xīng cǎochameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
• 血腥玛丽Xuè xīng Mǎ lìBloody Mary
• 臊腥sāo xīngstench; stink
• 荤腥hūn xīngmeat and fish

Characters built on 月

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

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 赢yíngto beat; to win; to profit
• 膺yīngbreast; receive
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 嬴Yíngsurname Ying
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 肼jǐnghydrazine

Characters that look like 腥

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

• 腊làancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 腹fùabdomen; stomach; belly
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 骡luómule
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 羧suōcarboxyl radical (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read xīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 星star; heavenly body; satellite
• 兴to rise; to flourish; to become popular
• 惺(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted
• 猩ape
• 煋(literary) (of a fire) fierce; intense; blazing; (literary) to radiate light in all…
• 骍horse (or cattle) of reddish color; bay horse
• 㽮old variant of 星
• 曐old variant of 星
• 皨old variant of 星

Where 腥 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · háng–xìng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xīng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.