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涎
xián
1. saliva
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

涎
xián
saliva
9 丶

Compound Words (12)

垂涎
chuíxián
to water at the mouth
涎水
xiánshuǐ
saliva
涎沫
xiánmò
foaming at the mouth
粘涎
zhānxián
saliva
黏涎
niánxian
tedious
黏涎子
niánxiánzi
saliva
龙涎香
lóngxiánxiāng
ambergris
垂涎三尺
chuíxiánsānchǐ
to drool (over) (idiom)
垂涎欲滴
chuíxiányùdī
to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
染指垂涎
rǎnzhǐchuíxián
lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
馋涎欲垂
chánxiányùchuí
see [[饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴<chánxiányùdī>]]
馋涎欲滴
chánxiányùdī
lit. to drool with desire (idiom)

Alternate Entries

涎
xián
variant of [[涎<xián>]]

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,770
Word Frequency Rank
4,551 of 84,292

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