嫌 (xián) means Dislike (to suspect). Below are 6 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 嫌 这里太吵，搬走了。
Tā xián zhèlǐ tài chǎo, bān zǒu le.
He found it too noisy here and moved away.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌
大家都 嫌 这个办法太麻烦。
Dàjiā dōu xián zhège bànfǎ tài máfan.
Everyone found this method too much trouble.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌
他有作案的 嫌 疑。
Tā yǒu zuò'àn de xiányí.
He is suspected of committing the crime.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌疑
嫌 疑人被依法拘留。
Xiányírén bèi yīfǎ jūliú.
The suspect was detained according to law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拘留
嫌 疑人昨晚被警方逮捕。
Xiányírén zuówǎn bèi jǐngfāng dàibǔ.
The suspect was arrested by police last night.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 逮捕
调查后排除了他的 嫌 疑。
Diàochá hòu páichú le tā de xiányí.
After investigation he was cleared of suspicion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嫌疑
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Words that contain 嫌
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Questions about 嫌
How is 嫌 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 嫌 (xián, "Dislike (to suspect)"), 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 嫌 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 嫌 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 嫌 an HSK word?
Yes — 嫌 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 嫌?
The dictionary page for 嫌 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.
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