咸 (鹹) xián

  1. xián adjective salty; briny
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: Traditional: 鹹; for example, 咸水湖 'salt lake' (Guoyu '鹹' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '鹹' 1; Unihan '鹹'; XHZD '咸' 2)
  2. xián adverb all
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 咸; may be used in this sense as an adverb, referring to the subject, in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 131; Guoyu '咸' adv; Kroll 2015 '咸' 1; Unihan '鹹'; XHZD '咸' 1)
  3. xián proper noun Xian
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: Traditional: 咸 (Guoyu '咸' n 2)
  4. xián adjective salty flavor; pickled
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink
    Notes: In the sense of 盐味 (Guoyu '鹹' n 1; Unihan '鹹')
  5. xián adjective sarcastic; mean
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 鹹; in the sense of 吝啬 or 小气 (Guoyu '鹹' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '鹹' 2)
  6. xián verb to be everywhere
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 咸; in the sense of 普及 (Guoyu '咸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '咸' 2)
  7. xián verb to be peaceful; to be harmonious
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 咸; in the sense of 和睦 (Guoyu '咸' v 2)
  8. xián noun xian hexagram
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 咸; listed in the 易经 ”Book of Changes” (Guoyu '咸' n 1)
  9. xián proper noun Xian
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
    Notes: Traditional: 鹹; located in present-day Shandong (Guoyu '鹹' n 2)
  10. xián adjective full; bharita
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bharita, Japanese: kan, or: gen (BCSD '咸', p. 253; MW 'bharita'; Unihan '咸')

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