咸 (xián) – Word of the Day | Toronto Chinese Academy
Learn the Mandarin word “咸 (xián)” — meaning salty or all. Includes pinyin, English definitions, example sentences, and visually similar characters.
Simplified： 咸
Pinyin： xián
Traditional： 咸
salty (taste)
all, together (literary usage)
Examples:
1,
这汤太咸了。
This soup is too salty.
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2,
咸鱼可以用来炒菜。
Salted fish can be used for cooking.
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3,
咸言共事，表示大家都参与。
(Literary) “All speak and act together,” meaning everyone participates.
Visually Similar / Easily Confused Characters
At Toronto Chinese Academy, learners explore how “咸” is used both in daily life to describe taste (咸的食物) and in literary expressions to mean “all together” (咸言共事).