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鲜艳

xiān yàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 鮮豔

鲜艳 (xiān yàn) means "bright-colored". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 鲜艳 means

1. bright-colored; gaily-colored

Other readings

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

• xiān yànvariant of {鲜艳|xiān yàn}

The characters in 鲜艳

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…

Example sentences

• 他看见色彩鲜艳的鸟、花朵和树叶。
  Tā kànjiàn sècǎi xiānyàn de niǎo, huāduǒ hé shùyè.
  He saw brightly-colored birds, flowers and leaves.
• 和这幅比起上来，那幅画的色彩鲜艳多了。
  Hé zhè fú bǐqǐ shànglái, nà fú huà de sècǎi xiānyàn duō le.
  The picture is colorful in contrast with this one.
• 随氧化变成蓝色，最终呈现出鲜艳的红紫色。
  As it oxidizes, the color turns blue and finally becomes a brilliant reddish-purple hue.

Sounds the same

Read xiān yàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先验(philosophy) a priori

Where 鲜艳 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & Physical Description (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiān yàn correctly.
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