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鲜

xiān

HSK 3 Character Traditional 鮮

What 鲜 means

1. fresh
2. bright (in color)
3. delicious
4. tasty
5. delicacy
6. aquatic foods

Other readings

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

• xiānfish; old variant of {鲜|xiān}
• xiǎnfew; rare
• xiǎnvariant of {鲜|xiǎn}
• xiǎnvariant of {鲜|xiǎn}
• xiǎnold variant of {鲜|xiǎn}

Example sentences

• 鲜花盛开。
  Flowers bloom.
• 我想去朝鲜。
  Wǒ xiǎng qù Cháoxiǎn.
  I want to go to North Korea.
• 朝鲜很奇怪。
  Cháoxiǎn hěn qíguài.
  North Korea is weird.
• 她喜欢海鲜。
  Tā xǐhuan hǎixiān.
  She likes seafood.
• 我是朝鲜人。
  Wǒ shì Cháoxiǎnrén.
  I'm Korean.
• 面包不新鲜。
  The bread is not fresh.

Words starting with 鲜

• 鲜艳xiān yànbright-colored; gaily-colored
• 鲜明xiān míng(of colors) bright; fresh and clear; clear-cut; distinct
• 鲜花xiān huāflower; fresh flowers
• 鲜血xiān xuèblood
• 鲜红xiān hóngscarlet; bright red
• 鲜活xiān huóvivid; lively; (of food ingredients) live or fresh
• 鲜美xiān měifresh and delicious; tasty
• 鲜奶xiān nǎifresh milk
• 鲜为人知xiǎn wéi rén zhīrarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few
• 鲜亮xiān liangbright (color); vivid
• 鲜卑Xiān bēiXianbei or Xianbi, group of northern nomadic peoples
• 鲜见xiǎn jiànrare; rarely seen
• 鲜味xiān wèiumami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
• 鲜少xiǎn shǎovery few; rarely
• 鲜货xiān huòproduce; fresh fruits and vegetables; fresh aquatic food
• 鲜明个性xiān míng gè xìngindividuality; clear-cut personality
• 鲜活货物xiān huó huò wùlive cargo
• 鲜烈xiān lièfresh and intense; vivid
• 鲜菜xiān càifresh vegetable
• 鲜剥xiān bāo(of fruit, prawns etc) freshly peeled; Taiwan pr. xiān bō
• 鲜奶油xiān nǎi yóucream; whipped cream
• 鲜啤酒xiān pí jiǔdraft beer; unpasteurized beer
• 鲜卑族Xiān bēi zúXianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
• 鲜橙多Xiān chéng duōXianchengduo, Chinese brand of orange-flavored soft drink

Words containing 鲜

• 新鲜xīn xiānfresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel
• 海鲜hǎi xiānseafood
• 朝鲜Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea; Korea as geographic term; Taiwan pr. Cháo xiān
• 保鲜bǎo xiānto keep fresh; to preserve freshness
• 南朝鲜Nán Cháo xiǎnSouth Korea
• 北朝鲜Běi Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea
• 光鲜guāng xiānbright and neat
• 朝鲜族Cháo xiǎn zúKorean ethnic group; Koreans (major ethnic group of the Korean Peninsula)…
• 屡见不鲜lǚ jiàn bù xiāna common occurrence (idiom)
• 旗帜鲜明qí zhì xiān míngto show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
• 朝鲜语Cháo xiǎn yǔKorean language
• 河鲜hé xiānfreshwater fish, shrimp, crabs and clams etc
• 生鲜shēng xiānfresh produce and freshly prepared foods
• 保鲜期bǎo xiān qīshelf life; freshness date
• 数见不鲜shuò jiàn bù xiāna common occurrence (idiom)
• 保鲜纸bǎo xiān zhǐplastic wrap; cling wrap; cling film
• 朝鲜人Cháo xiǎn réna North Korean; (in broader or historical usage) a Korean
• 朝鲜文Cháo xiǎn wénKorean written language
• 朝鲜半岛Cháo xiǎn Bàn dǎoKorean Peninsula
• 朝鲜太宗Cháo xiǎn Tài zōngKing Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367–1422), reigned 1400–1418
• 朝鲜字母Cháo xiǎn zì mǔhangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters
• 朝鲜战争Cháo xiǎn Zhàn zhēngKorean War (1950-1953)
• 朝鲜日报Cháo xiǎn Rì bàoChosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper
• 朝鲜核谈Cháo xiǎn hé tántalks on North Korea's nuclear program

Characters that look like 鲜

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

• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 鲟xúnsturgeon; Acipenser sturio

Sounds the same

Read xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 纤fine; delicate; minute
• 仙immortal
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 酰acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 祆Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
• 籼long-grained rice; same as 秈