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鹹

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鹹

  • xián (xian²) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄒㄧㄢˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • han² Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • хан (han, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • haam⁴ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • ham³ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • han² Gan, Wiktionary specific
  • hàm Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • ham² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • xie¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
  • gěng Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • gèng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • hàng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • kiâm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • hâm Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • giam⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶ghe Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • ⁶yi Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • han² Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
  • xián Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • sián Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • hsien² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • syán Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • shyan Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • сянь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • xan Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ɡrɯːm）：意符 鹵 (“鹽”) + 聲符 咸 (上古 *ɡrɯːm) 。

繼承自原始漢藏語 *hjam (“鹹的”)或*g-rjum (“鹽”)；對照切彭語 ल्हाम्सा (hlam‑，“鹹味不濃的”)、景頗語 jum (“鹽”) (STEDT)。

釋義 醎

  1. 含鹽分或有鹽的味道的 鹹菜
  2. Min Nan 吝嗇，小氣
  3. Min Nan 米飯配料
  4. Cantonese, Teochew, abbreviation, attributive 鹹濕／咸湿 (haam4 sap1, “色情”)的簡稱。 鹹片
  5. 陽江話 鹽

Similar: 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝, 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄, 小摳, 渠, kiamsiap, 窮摳兒, 摳惜, 窮摳, 老摳兒, 不出息, 黑饞, 奸, 拤古, 嗇皮, 老鱉一, 尖

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釋義

Similar: 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝, 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄, 小摳, 渠, kiamsiap, 窮摳兒, 摳惜, 窮摳, 老摳兒, 不出息, 黑饞, 奸, 拤古, 嗇皮, 老鱉一, 尖

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {鹹},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E9%B9%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}