xiān
early
prior
former
in advance
first
xiàn
to appear
present
now
existing
current
xiàn
thread
string
wire
line
CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]
xiàn
to appear
also written 現|现[xian4]
xiàn
limit
bound
to set a limit (on)
xiàn
Japanese variant of 縣|县
Japanese prefecture
Xī ān
Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] in northwest China
see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 qu1]
xián
to dislike
suspicion
resentment
enmity
abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
xiǎn
prominent
conspicuous
(prefix) phanero-
xiàn
to offer
to present
to dedicate
to donate
to show
to put on display
worthy person (old)
Zhú bō
Tsukuba, university city in Chiba prefecture 千葉縣|千叶县[Qiān yè xiàn], east of Tokyo, Japan
xiān
fresh
bright (in color)
delicious
tasty
delicacy
aquatic foods
xián
variant of 閑|闲, idle
unoccupied
leisure
free time
xiàn
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
xiān
acid radical
-acyl (chemistry)
xiān
to lift (a lid)
to rock
to convulse
xián
to stay idle
to be unoccupied
not busy
leisure
enclosure
zhōng lóu
bell tower
campanile
clock tower
Bell Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
xiǎn
shining metal
(old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
xián
variant of 弦
bow string
string of musical instrument
watch spring
chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)
hypotenuse
xī àn
the west bank
West Bank of Jordan River
xián
bow string
string of musical instrument
watchspring
chord (segment of curve)
hypotenuse
CL:根[gen1]
xián
worthy or virtuous person
honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
xián
salted
salty
stingy
miserly
xián
elegant
refined
to be skilled at
xián
all
everyone
each
widespread
harmonious
xǔ xiān
name of a person, Xu Xian, from Madam White Snake
xiàn
graupel
snow pellet
soft hail
xiàn
stuffing
forcemeat
filling
gǔ lóu
a drum tower
Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
xián
bit (of a bridle)
to hold in the mouth
to harbor (feelings)
to link
to accept
rank
title
xián
side of a ship or an aircraft
xiàn
amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
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