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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
先 xiān	先 \| 先* \| *先	beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)	HSK 1


线 xiàn	线 \| 线* \| *线	thread / string / wire / line / CL: 條｜条, 股, 根 / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)	線 HSK 3


线 xiàn	线 \| 线* \| *线	variant of 線｜线	綫 HSK 3


县 xiàn	县 \| 县* \| *县	county	縣 HSK 4


鲜 xiān	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	fresh / bright (in color) / delicious / tasty / delicacy / aquatic foods	鮮 HSK 4


鲜 xiān	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	fish / old variant of 鮮｜鲜	鱻 HSK 4


咸 xián	咸 \| 咸* \| *咸	all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious	HSK 4


咸 xián	咸 \| 咸* \| *咸	salted / salty / stingy / miserly	鹹 HSK 4


显 xiǎn	显 \| 显* \| *显	to make visible / to reveal / prominent / conspicuous / (prefix) phanero-	顯 HSK 5


献 xiàn	献 \| 献* \| *献	to offer / to present / to dedicate / to donate / to show / to put on display / worthy person (old)	獻 HSK 5


闲 xián	闲 \| 闲* \| *闲	idle / unoccupied / leisure	閒 HSK 5


闲 xián	闲 \| 闲* \| *闲	enclosure / (variant of 閒｜闲) idle / unoccupied / leisure	閑 HSK 5


险 xiǎn	险 \| 险* \| *险	danger / dangerous / rugged	險 HSK 6


嫌 xián	嫌 \| 嫌* \| *嫌	to dislike / suspicion / resentment / enmity / abbr. for 嫌犯, criminal suspect	HSK 6


腺 xiàn	腺 \| 腺* \| *腺	gland	HSK 7-9


弦 xián	弦 \| 弦* \| *弦	bow string / string of musical instrument / watchspring / chord (segment of curve) / hypotenuse / CL: 根	HSK 7-9


陷 xiàn	陷 \| 陷* \| *陷	pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect	HSK 7-9


限 xiàn	限 \| 限* \| *限	to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound	HSK 7-9


掀 xiān	掀 \| 掀* \| *掀	to lift (a lid) / to rock / to convulse	HSK 7-9


见 xiàn	见 \| 见* \| *见	to appear / also written 現｜现	見


贤 xián	贤 \| 贤* \| *贤	worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation	賢


鲜 xiǎn	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	few / rare	鮮


纤 xiān	纤 \| 纤* \| *纤	fine / delicate / minute	纖


仙 xiān	仙 \| 仙* \| *仙	immortal


西安 Xī'ān	西安 \| 西安* \| *西安	see 西安市 / see 西安區｜西安区


酰 xiān	酰 \| 酰* \| *酰	acid radical / -acyl (chemistry)


筅 xiǎn	筅 \| 筅* \| *筅	bamboo brush for utensils


宪 xiàn	宪 \| 宪* \| *宪	statute / constitution	憲


雁塔 Yàntǎ	雁塔 \| 雁塔* \| *雁塔	Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi


蓝田 Lántián	蓝田 \| 蓝田* \| *蓝田	Lantian county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi	藍田


痫 xián	痫 \| 痫* \| *痫	epilepsy / insanity	癇


未央 Wèiyāng	未央 \| 未央* \| *未央	Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi


羡 xiàn	羡 \| 羡* \| *羡	to envy	羨


长安 Cháng'ān	长安 \| 长安* \| *长安	Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區｜长安区, a district of Xi'an	長安


铣 xiǎn	铣 \| 铣* \| *铣	shining metal / (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)	銑


鲜 xiǎn	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	variant of 鮮｜鲜	尟


鲜 xiǎn	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	variant of 尟｜鲜	尠


鲜 xiǎn	鲜 \| 鲜* \| *鲜	old variant of 鮮｜鲜	鱻


衔 xián	衔 \| 衔* \| *衔	bit (of a bridle) / to hold in the mouth / to harbor (feelings) / to link / to accept / rank / title	銜


碑林 Bēilín	碑林 \| 碑林* \| *碑林	Forest of Steles (museum in Xi'an) / Beilin District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi


钟楼 zhōnglóu	钟楼 \| 钟楼* \| *钟楼	bell tower / campanile / clock tower / Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc	鐘樓


娴 xián	娴 \| 娴* \| *娴	elegant / refined / to be skilled at	嫻


咸 Xián	咸 \| 咸* \| *咸	surname Xian


鼓楼 gǔlóu	鼓楼 \| 鼓楼* \| *鼓楼	a drum tower / Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc	鼓樓


现 xiàn	现 \| 现* \| *现	to appear / present / now / existing / current	現


临潼 Líntóng	临潼 \| 临潼* \| *临潼	Lintong District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi	臨潼


终南 Zhōngnán	终南 \| 终南* \| *终南	Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an	終南


舷 xián	舷 \| 舷* \| *舷	side of a ship or an aircraft


阎良 Yánliáng	阎良 \| 阎良* \| *阎良	Yanliang District of Xi'an 西安市, Shaanxi	閻良


涎 xián	涎 \| 涎* \| *涎	saliva


周至 Zhōuzhì	周至 \| 周至* \| *周至	Zhouzhi county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi


灞桥 Bàqiáo	灞桥 \| 灞桥* \| *灞桥	Baqiao District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi	灞橋


仙 xiān	仙 \| 仙* \| *仙	variant of 仙	僊


氙 xiān	氙 \| 氙* \| *氙	xenon (chemistry)


骊山 Líshān	骊山 \| 骊山* \| *骊山	Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor	驪山


献县 Xiànxiàn	献县 \| 献县* \| *献县	Xian county in Cangzhou 滄州｜沧州, Hebei	獻縣


蚬 xiǎn	蚬 \| 蚬* \| *蚬	basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆｜真蚬	蜆


藓 xiǎn	藓 \| 藓* \| *藓	moss / lichen / moss on damp walls / used erroneously for 蘇｜苏	蘚


岘 xiàn	岘 \| 岘* \| *岘	abbr. for 峴首山｜岘首山 / Mt Xianshou in Hubei / steep hill / used in place names	峴


馅 xiàn	馅 \| 馅* \| *馅	filling; stuffing (for dumplings, pies etc)	餡


霰 xiàn	霰 \| 霰* \| *霰	graupel / snow pellet / soft hail


半坡 Bànpō	半坡 \| 半坡* \| *半坡	Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安


锨 xiān	锨 \| 锨* \| *锨	shovel	鍁


苋 xiàn	苋 \| 苋* \| *苋	amaranth (genus Amaranthus) / Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) / Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)	莧


狝 xiǎn	狝 \| 狝* \| *狝	to hunt in autumn (archaic)	獮


冼 Xiǎn	冼 \| 冼* \| *冼	surname Xian


莲湖 Liánhú	莲湖 \| 莲湖* \| *莲湖	Lianhu District of Xi’an 西安市, Shaanxi	蓮湖


暹 xiān	暹 \| 暹* \| *暹	sunrise


崄 xiǎn	崄 \| 崄* \| *崄	precipitous / rugged	嶮


僴 xiàn	僴 \| 僴* \| *僴	old variant of 僩


憸 xiān	憸 \| 憸* \| *憸	artful / flattering


衔 xián	衔 \| 衔* \| *衔	variant of 銜｜衔	啣


衔 xián	衔 \| 衔* \| *衔	variant of 銜｜衔	衘


杴 xiān	杴 \| 杴* \| *杴	shovel / variant of 鍁｜锨


挦 xián	挦 \| 挦* \| *挦	to pull out (esp. hair or feathers) / to pick / to pluck / fig. to extract (lines from a text)	撏


幰 xiǎn	幰 \| 幰* \| *幰	curtain at front of carriage


娴 xián	娴 \| 娴* \| *娴	variant of 嫻｜娴	嫺


忺 xiān	忺 \| 忺* \| *忺	(literary) to want; to desire / (literary) pleased; gratified; happy


祆 Xiān	祆 \| 祆* \| *祆	Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism


籼 xiān	籼 \| 籼* \| *籼	long-grained rice / same as 秈


撊 xiàn	撊 \| 撊* \| *撊	valiant / wrathful


跣 xiǎn	跣 \| 跣* \| *跣	barefooted


莶 xiān	莶 \| 莶* \| *莶	used in 豨薟｜豨莶 / Taiwan pr. [lian4]	薟


跹 xiān	跹 \| 跹* \| *跹	to manner of dancing / to walk around	躚


铦 xiān	铦 \| 铦* \| *铦	fish-spear / sharp	銛


僩 xiàn	僩 \| 僩* \| *僩	courageous / valiant


涎 xián	涎 \| 涎* \| *涎	variant of 涎	㳄


鹇 xián	鹇 \| 鹇* \| *鹇	silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade	鷴


燹 xiǎn	燹 \| 燹* \| *燹	conflagration


姺 xiǎn	姺 \| 姺* \| *姺	name of an ancient state


韅 xiǎn	韅 \| 韅* \| *韅	leather girth on horse


伭 Xián	伭 \| 伭* \| *伭	surname Xian


伭 xián	伭 \| 伭* \| *伭	(literary) cruel; ruthless / (literary) dark red; black


轞 xiàn	轞 \| 轞* \| *轞	vehicle for transporting prisoners


蚿 xián	蚿 \| 蚿* \| *蚿	millipede


韱 xiān	韱 \| 韱* \| *韱	wild onions or leeks


秈 xiān	秈 \| 秈* \| *秈	common rice


孅 xiān	孅 \| 孅* \| *孅	cunning / slender


陥 xiàn	陥 \| 陥* \| *陥	Japanese variant of 陷


䕭 xián	䕭 \| 䕭* \| *䕭	a kind of vegetable

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