嫌 (xián): to dislike
嫌 (xián) is a Chinese character meaning “to dislike.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 兼 (phonetic). It ranks #1809 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 嫌 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- to dislike
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嫌犯 | xián fàn | criminal suspect |
| 嫌疑犯 | xián yí fàn | a suspect |
| 嫌疑人 | xián yí rén | a suspect |
| 嫌疑 | xián yí | suspicion |
| 涉嫌 | shè xián | to be a suspect (in a crime) |
| 前嫌 | qián xián | former hatred |
| 嫌弃 | xián qì | to regard with disdain |
| 讨嫌 | tǎo xián | disagreeable |
| 嫌恶 | xián wù | to loathe |
| 避嫌 | bì xián | to avoid arousing suspicion |
| 嫌隙 | xián xì | hostility |
| 口嫌体正直 | kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí | your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) |
| 口嫌体直 | kǒu xián tǐ zhí | your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[... |
| 尽释前嫌 | jìn shì qián xián | to forget former enmity (idiom) |
| 讨人嫌 | tǎo rén xián | unpleasant |
嫌 appears in 35 compound words: 40 as the first character, 43 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 嫌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他从不嫌弃工作辛苦，总是认真负责地完成每一项任务。
Tā cóng bù xiánqì gōngzuò xīnkǔ, zǒngshì rènzhēn fùzé de wánchéng měi yí xiàng rènwu.
He never complains about hard work and always completes every task conscientiously.
女子拜拜遇贼翻置物箱 警方迅速拦捕男嫌
nǚ zǐ bài bài yù zéi fān zhì wù xiāng jǐng fāng xùn sù lán bǔ nán xián
The police quickly stopped the male suspect
NBA 史上最嚴厲處分?快艇涉嫌9億元陰陽約 美記曝雷納德合約恐作廢
shǐ shàng zuì 嚴 厲 處 fēn ? kuài tǐng shè xián 億 yuán 陰 陽 約 měi 記 pù léi 納 dé gě 約 kǒng zuò 廢
NBA's Harshest Penalty Ever? Clippers Suspected of $900 Million Dual Contracts; U.S. Reporter Reveals Leonard's Deal May Be Voided
英國前駐美大使文德森涉嫌公職人員行為失當被捕
yīng 國 qián 駐 měi dà shǐ wén dé sēn shè xián gōng 職 rén 員 háng 為 shī 當 bèi bǔ
Former British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Mark Venn-Denton, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
獨家/大年初二鄰嫌吵狂砸門找碴 屋主:根本不在
獨 jiā dà nián chū èr 鄰 xián chǎo kuáng zá 門 zhǎo 碴 wū zhǔ gēn běn bù zài
Exclusive / On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbor smashed the door to find trouble homeowners: simply not in the
快訊/闖入川普海湖莊園遭擊斃 21歲嫌身分曝光!家人才剛報失蹤
kuài 訊 闖 rù chuān pǔ hǎi hú 莊 園 zāo 擊 斃 歲 xián shēn fēn pù guāng ! jiā rén cái 剛 報 shī 蹤
BREAKING: 21-Year-Old Suspect Fatally Shot Breaking Into Trump's Hay Lake Estate Revealed! Family just reported him missing.
那嫌疑犯对侦察官撒了个谎。
Nà xiányífàn duì zhēnchá guān sā le gè huǎng.
The suspect told a lie to the inspector.
两个侦探跟着嫌疑人。
Liǎng gè zhēntàn gēnzhe xiányírén.
Two detectives followed the suspect.
警方逮捕了嫌疑人。
Jǐngfāng dàibǔ le xiányírén.
The police arrested the suspect.
这是被警察认为有嫌疑的男子。
Zhè shì bèi jǐngchá rèn wèi yǒu xiányí de nánzǐ.
This is the man who's suspected by the police.
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