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海鲜

hǎixiān

seafood

HSK 4 · Topic “Food and taste”
A plate with shrimp and a clam
Memory picture

Characters in this word

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

鲜 xiān

Strokes
14
Radical
鱼 — fish
Made of
鱼 fish 羊 sheep, goat
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我想吃海鲜。 Wǒ xiǎng chī hǎi xiān. I want to eat seafood.
  • 海鲜很新鲜。 Hǎi xiān hěn xīn xiān. The seafood is very fresh.
  • 这家海鲜贵。 Zhè jiā hǎi xiān guì. The seafood here is expensive.

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