| 1 | 涩 | 澀 | sè | se4 | astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure; old variant of 涩 | | |
| 2 | 涩精止遗 | 澀精止遺 | sè jīng zhǐ yí | se4 jing1 zhi3 yi2 | to arrest seminal emission; to prevent nocturnal emission (idiom) | | |
| 3 | 拙涩 | 拙澀 | zhuō sè | zhuo1 se4 | clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing | | |
| 4 | 眼珠干涩 | 眼珠乾澀 | yǎn zhū gān sè | yan3 zhu1 gan1 se4 | dryness and foreign-body sensation in the eyes (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 羞涩 | 羞澀 | xiū sè | xiu1 se4 | shy; bashful | | |
| 6 | 咸涩 | 鹹澀 | xián sè | xian2 se4 | salty and bitter; acerbic | | |
| 7 | 脱涩 | 脫澀 | tuō sè | tuo1 se4 | to remove astringent taste | | |
| 8 | 酸涩 | 酸澀 | suān sè | suan1 se4 | sour; acrid; (fig.) bitter; painful | | |
| 9 | 生涩 | 生澀 | shēng sè | sheng1 se4 | unripe; tart; not fully proficient; somewhat shaky | | |
| 10 | 深奥晦涩 | 深奧晦澀 | shēn ào huì sè | shen1 ao4 hui4 se4 | abstruse and hard to understand; transcendental (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 涩味 | 澀味 | sè wèi | se4 wei4 | acerbic (taste); astringent | | |
| 12 | 涩脉 | 澀脈 | sè mài | se4 mai4 | sluggish pulse | | |
| 13 | 干涩 | 乾澀 | gān sè | gan1 se4 | dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style) | | |
| 14 | 青涩 | 青澀 | qīng sè | qing1 se4 | underripe; (fig.) young and inexperienced | | |
| 15 | 讷涩 | 訥澀 | nè sè | ne4 se4 | clumsy in speech; tongue tied | | |
| 16 | 囊中羞涩 | 囊中羞澀 | náng zhōng xiū sè | nang2 zhong1 xiu1 se4 | to be embarrassingly short of money | | |
| 17 | 冷涩 | 冷澀 | lěng sè | leng3 se4 | cold and sluggish; chilly | | |
| 18 | 苦涩 | 苦澀 | kǔ sè | ku3 se4 | bitter and astringent; pained; agonized | | |
| 19 | 蹇涩 | 蹇澀 | jiǎn sè | jian3 se4 | awkward; lame; difficulty (esp. in moving); not smooth | | |
| 20 | 艰深晦涩 | 艱深晦澀 | jiān shēn huì sè | jian1 shen1 hui4 se4 | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 晦涩 | 晦澀 | huì sè | hui4 se4 | difficult to understand; cryptic | | |