鮮 (sin1 sin2 | xian1 xian3) : fresh; tasty; bright; rarely

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鮮

sin1 sin2

xian1 xian3

[粵] sin1 | [國] xian1
[1] [adj] fresh; new; not withered
[2] [adj] delicious; tasty
[3] [adj] bright; bright-coloured
[4] [n] fresh/delicious food, fruit etc

[粵] sin2 | [國] xian3
[adv] rarely; seldom; infrequently

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Stroke count: 17

Level: 1

Radical: (#195)

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

鮮 / 鲜

This word has been viewed 13391 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Oct 2013 06:41

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新鮮 san1 sin1 xin1 xian1 = fresh

海鮮 hoi2 sin1 hai3 xian1 = seafood

鮮味 sin1 mei6 = fresh flavour; umami (the fifth basic taste [MSG])

鮮有 sin2 jau5 = seldom have

朝鮮 ziu1 sin1 chao2 xian1 (Taiwan), chao2 xian3 (PRC) = North Korea; Korean Joseon or Chosun dynasty 1392-1910 ; Korea as geographic term

鮮竹捲 sin1 zuk1 gyun2 xian1 zhu2 juan3 = tofu skin rolls

鮮血 sin1 hyut3 xian1 xue4 (PRC), xian1 xie3 (Taiwan) = fresh blood

鮮花 sin1 faa1 xian1 hua1 = fresh flowers

鮮艷 sin1 jim6 xian1 yan4 = bright colours; gaily-coloured

鮮紅 sin1 hung4 = scarlet; bright red
See all 55 compounds (CantoDict reports 57 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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呢杯鮮奶有好多鈣質粵
There's a lot of calcium in this glass of milk.
[Lit. this glass milk have many calcium]

間餐廳嘅例湯賣來賣去都係嗰三幅被，重來冇新鮮啲嘅畀你試。粵
This restaurant always serves the same soups; there's never a new thing for you to try.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鮮
Unicode code for this character: U+9bae (off-site link)

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