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镶

xiāng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 鑲

What 镶 means

1. to inlay
2. to embed
3. ridge
4. border

Example sentences

• 钻石被镶在一个金戒指上。
  Zuànshí bèi xiāng zài yī gè jīn jièzhi shàng.
  The diamond was set in a gold ring.
• 宝石师傅在胸针上镶了一枚大珍珠。
  Bǎoshí shīfu zài xiōngzhēn shàng xiāng le yī méi dà zhēnzhū.
  The jeweler mounted a big pearl on the brooch.
• 王冠上镶嵌着数十颗光彩夺目的宝石。
  The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.
• 这两个男孩，一个14岁、一个16岁，都穿着军队制服，衣袖上佩戴着镶金色蕾丝边的中士袖章。
  The two boys, aged respectively fourteen and sixteen, were dressed in the army uniform, and wore gold-lace sergeant's chevrons upon their sleeves.

Words starting with 镶

• 镶嵌xiāng qiànto inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)
• 镶牙xiāng yáto have a false tooth set in; denture
• 镶边xiāng biānedge; border; to edge (with lace, embroidery etc)
• 镶金xiāng jīngilded; inlaid with gold
• 镶黄旗Xiāng huáng qíBordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟

Words containing 镶

• 正镶白旗Zhèng xiāng bái qíPlain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟

Characters that look like 镶

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

• 罐guàncan; jar; pot
• 躏lìnused in 蹂躏
• 攥zuàn(colloquial) to hold; to grip; to grasp
• 攫juéto seize; to snatch; to grab
• 髑dúused in 髑髅

Sounds the same

Read xiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 相each other; one another; mutually
• 箱box; trunk; chest
• 香fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 乡country or countryside; native place; home village or town
• 厢box (in theater); side room; side
• 襄(literary) to assist
• 缃light yellow color
• 芗aromatic herb used for seasoning; variant of 香
• 骧(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
• 忀to stroll; to ramble
• 欀inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction…
• 𬙋cord to hold up sleeves