咸

xián

HSK 4

咸 — xián

1. all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious (literary/archaic)

   村里的人咸知这件事。 cūnlǐ de rén xián zhī zhèjiàn shì — Everyone in the village knows about this matter.

2. salty; salted; also stingy, miserly (colloquial)

   这汤太咸了，别放盐了。 zhè tāng tài xián le bié fàngyán le — This soup is too salty; don't add more salt.

3. stingy; miserly (colloquial, pejorative)

   他太咸了，从不请客。 tā tài xián le cóng bù qǐngkè — He's so stingy; he never treats anyone.

4. surname Xian

   咸先生来自山东。 xián xiānshēng láizì shāndōng — Mr. Xian is from Shandong.