Ideographic: Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for suān:

  • - sour
  • - tart
  • - sick at heart
  • - grieved
  • - sore
  • - aching
  • - pedantic
  • - impractical
  • - to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  • - an acidsulfuric acid H2SO4
  • - sulfatepungent (taste)
  • - bitter
  • - fig. sad
  • - miserableamino acidto feel sadhydrochloric acid HCl

chéngzhī橙汁
qilai起来
yòu
suān
yòu
tián

Orange juice tastes both sour and sweet.


zhè
dào
cài
hěn
suān
yào
búyào不要
jiādiǎn加点
táng

This dish is very sour, do you want to add some sugar?