Salty in Chinese (Mandarin): 咸 (xián)
咸
xián
salty
- Simplified
- 咸
- Traditional
- 鹹
- Pinyin
- xián
- Typed as
- xian
Use it in a sentence
薯片很咸。
薯片很鹹。
The chips are very salty.
The characters in 咸
咸 / 鹹
Salty.
9 strokes
Second tone. Salt is 盐 (yán). In Traditional, salty is written 鹹.
More examples with 咸
汤太咸了。
湯太鹹了。
Tāng tài xián le.
The soup is too salty.
海水是咸的。
海水是鹹的。
Hǎishuǐ shì xián de.
Sea water is salty.
How to write 咸 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
咸 9 strokes
In Traditional characters:
鹹 20 strokes
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