鲜 xiān / xiǎn in a sentence
Fresh (bright - delicious); Few (rare)
鲜 (xiān / xiǎn) means Fresh (bright - delicious), Few (rare). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他吃海 鲜 会过敏。
Tā chī hǎixiān huì guòmǐn.
He gets an allergic reaction from seafood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 过敏
这些青菜很新 鲜 。
Zhèxiē qīngcài hěn xīnxiān.
These green vegetables are very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 青
早上的空气很新 鲜 。
Zǎoshang de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān.
The air is fresh in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 新鲜
山上的空气很新 鲜 。
Shān shàng de kōngqì hěn xīnxiān.
The air in the mountains is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 空气
超市里的面包很新 鲜 。
Chāoshì lǐ de miànbāo hěn xīnxiān.
The bread in the supermarket is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 面包
这种果汁又甜又新 鲜 。
Zhè zhǒng guǒzhī yòu tián yòu xīnxiān.
This juice is sweet and fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 果汁
这里缺少新 鲜 的水果。
Zhèlǐ quēshǎo xīnxiān de shuǐguǒ.
There is a shortage of fresh fruit here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 缺少
雨后的空气格外新 鲜 。
Yǔ hòu de kōngqì géwài xīnxiān.
The air after rain is especially fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 格外
我们去海边吃海 鲜 吧。
Wǒmen qù hǎibiān chī hǎixiān ba.
Let us go to the coast and eat seafood.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海鲜
这件衣服颜色很 鲜 艳。
Zhè jiàn yīfu yánsè hěn xiānyàn.
This piece of clothing is brightly coloured.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鲜艳
清晨的空气特别新 鲜 。
Qīngchén de kōngqì tèbié xīnxiān.
The early morning air is especially fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 清晨
这家饭店的海 鲜 很新 鲜 。
Zhè jiā fàndiàn de hǎixiān hěn xīnxiān.
The seafood at this restaurant is very fresh.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 海鲜
花园里开满了 鲜 艳的花。
Huāyuán lǐ kāi mǎn le xiānyàn de huā.
The garden is full of brightly coloured flowers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 鲜艳
这幅画的色彩非常 鲜 明。
Zhè fú huà de sècǎi fēicháng xiānmíng.
The colours of this painting are very vivid.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鲜明
他敞开窗户，让新 鲜 空气进来。
Tā chǎngkāi chuānghu, ràng xīnxiān kōngqì jìnlái.
He threw the window wide open to let fresh air in.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敞开
这两种观点形成了 鲜 明的对比。
Zhè liǎng zhǒng guāndiǎn xíngchéng le xiānmíng de duìbǐ.
These two views form a sharp contrast.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鲜明
这部小说塑造了一个 鲜 活的人物。
Zhè bù xiǎoshuō sùzào le yí ge xiānhuó de rénwù.
This novel creates a vivid character.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 塑造
他深吸一口气，让新 鲜 空气进入肺里。
Tā shēn xī yì kǒu qì, ràng xīnxiān kōngqì jìnrù fèi lǐ.
He took a deep breath, letting fresh air into his lungs.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 肺
Reading these is one thing; producing 鲜 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Words that contain 鲜
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 鲜
How is 鲜 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 鲜 (xiān / xiǎn, "Fresh (bright - delicious), Few (rare)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 鲜 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 鲜 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 鲜?
The dictionary page for 鲜 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
Keep going
Read the full entry for 鲜, write a sentence of your own and check it in the Pinyin Annotator, or search the whole sentence bank for another word.
Another word
Chinese, pinyin or English. Tone marks optional.