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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 se4astringent; tart; acerbity; unsmooth; rough (surface); hard to understand; obscure; old variant of
2干涩 乾澀 gān gan1 se4dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
3晦涩 晦澀 huì hui4 se4difficult to understand; cryptic
4艰深晦涩 艱深晦澀 jiān shēn huì jian1 shen1 hui4 se4abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
5蹇涩 蹇澀 jiǎn jian3 se4awkward; lame; difficulty (esp. in moving); not smooth
6苦涩 苦澀 ku3 se4bitter and astringent; pained; agonized
7冷涩 冷澀 lěng leng3 se4cold and sluggish; chilly
8囊中羞涩 囊中羞澀 náng zhōng xiū nang2 zhong1 xiu1 se4to be embarrassingly short of money
9讷涩 訥澀 ne4 se4clumsy in speech; tongue tied
10青涩 青澀 qīng qing1 se4underripe; (fig.) young and inexperienced
11涩精止遗 澀精止遺 jīng zhǐ se4 jing1 zhi3 yi2to arrest seminal emission; to prevent nocturnal emission (idiom)
12涩脉 澀脈 màise4 mai4sluggish pulse
13涩味 澀味 wèise4 wei4acerbic (taste); astringent
14深奥晦涩 深奧晦澀 shēn ào huì shen1 ao4 hui4 se4abstruse and hard to understand; transcendental (idiom)
15生涩 生澀 shēng sheng1 se4unripe; tart; not fully proficient; somewhat shaky
16酸涩 酸澀 suān suan1 se4sour; acrid; (fig.) bitter; painful
17脱涩 脫澀 tuō tuo1 se4to remove astringent taste
18咸涩 鹹澀 xián xian2 se4salty and bitter; acerbic
19羞涩 羞澀 xiū xiu1 se4shy; bashful
20眼珠干涩 眼珠乾澀 yǎn zhū gān yan3 zhu1 gan1 se4dryness and foreign-body sensation in the eyes (idiom)
21拙涩 拙澀 zhuō zhuo1 se4clumsy and incomprehensible; botched writing

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