What does 荤 mean in Chinese?
荤 (hūn) means strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc).
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
荤
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
02
non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
03
vulgar
04
obscene
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 荤
How do you pronounce 荤?
荤 is pronounced hūn. It also has the reading xūn.
Is 荤 an HSK word?
荤 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
What part of speech is 荤?
荤 is used as a 名词 (noun) in Chinese.
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