Ideographic: One 一 voice 口 surrounded by conflict 戈Radical:

meaning for xián:

  • - salted
  • - salty
  • - stingy
  • - miserly
  • - all
  • - everyone
  • - each
  • - widespread
  • - harmonioussalted vegetables
  • - picklessalted fishsalty and unsalty (flavors)
  • - degree of saltiness
  • - brackish (water)bacon
  • - salt-cured meatsalt lake

zhège这个
cài
yǒu
diǎnr点儿
xián

This dish is a bit salty.


zhè
dào
cài
yǒu
diǎnr点儿
xián

This dish is a little bit salty.


xǐhuan喜欢
chī
tài
xián
de
shíwù食物

I don't like food that is too salty.


zhège这个
tāng
méiyǒu没有
jiāyán加盐
yǒudiǎn有点
búgòu不够
xián

This soup hasn't been salted, it's a bit unsalty.


zhèzhǒng这种
tāng
de
wèidao味道
sìhū似乎
yǒu
diǎnr点儿
xián

The taste of this soup seems a bit salty.