Chinese symbol for “pungent”
辛酸
xīn suān
pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pungent is 辛酸 (xīn suān), defined as: pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “pungent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲 (衝) | chòng | powerful; vigorous |
| 辣 | là | hot (spicy); pungent |
| 呛 (嗆) | qiàng | to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc) |
| 刺激性 | cì jī xìng | thrilling; exciting |
| 刺鼻 | cì bí | to assail the nostrils; acrid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辛酸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰辛 (艱辛) | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 辛辛苦苦 | xīn xīn kǔ kǔ | painstakingly; with great trouble |
| 辛劳 (辛勞) | xīn láo | laborious |
| 氨基酸 | ān jī suān | amino acid |
| 酸性 | suān xìng | acidity |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pungent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.