羨 (sin6 | xian4) : admire; superfluous

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羨

sin6

xian4

[1] [v] admire; envy
[2] [adj] superfluous; surplus

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 羊 (#123)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

羨 / 羡

This word has been viewed 3903 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Nov 2014 03:23

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羨慕 sin6 mou6 xian4 mu4 = envious; to admire

只羨鴛鴦不羨仙 zi2 sin6 jyun1 joeng1 bat1 sin6 sin1 zhi3 xian4 yuan1 yang1 bu2 xian4 xian1 = better to be a pair of wood duck lovers on earth than fairies in heaven 國

艷羨 jim6 sin6 yan4 xian4 = greatly admire 國

欣羨 jan1 sin6 xin1 xian4 = admire; appreciate

歆羨 jam1 sin6 xin1 xian4 = adore

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 羨
Unicode code for this character: U+7fa8 (off-site link)

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