涎 — Chinese character
涎
xián
saliva
- Pinyin
- xián
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 氵 延
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 延
- Japanese
- 涎 as a kanji
Common words with 涎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垂涎 | chuí xián | to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
| 垂涎三尺 | chuí xián sān chǐ | to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for |
| 垂涎欲滴 | chuí xián yù dī | to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for |
| 龙涎香 (龍涎香) | lóng xián xiāng | ambergris |
| 流涎 | liú xián | (literary) to salivate; to drool; (fig.) to crave sth hungrily |
| 馋涎欲滴 (饞涎欲滴) | chán xián yù dī | lit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for |
| 涎沫 | xián mò | spittle |
| 染指垂涎 | rǎn zhǐ chuí xián | lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth |
| 涎水 | xián shuǐ | saliva |
| 馋涎欲垂 (饞涎欲垂) | chán xián yù chuí | see 馋涎欲滴 (chán xián yù dī) |
| 黏涎 | nián xian | saliva; slobber; (coll.) long-winded; meandering |
| 黏涎子 | nián xián zi | saliva; dribble |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.