涎
saliva
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,836 U+6D8E
How 涎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 延 (phonetic, yán)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 延
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 延 (yán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延 sound component | yán | to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg |
| 诞 | dàn | to give birth, to bear children; birth, birthday |
| 筵 | yán | bamboo mat; banquet, feast |
| 蜒 | yán | millipede |
Words containing 涎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙涎香 | lóng xián xiāng | ambergris |
| 垂涎三尺 | chuí xián sān chǐ | to drool (over) (idiom); to yearn for; to covet; to crave |
| 染指垂涎 | rǎn zhǐ chuí xián | lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth |
| 涎水 | xián shuǐ | saliva |
| 黏涎子 | nián xián zi | saliva; dribble |
| 流涎 | liú xián | (literary) to salivate; to drool; (fig.) to crave sth hungrily |
| 垂涎欲滴 | chuí xián yù dī | to drool with desire (idiom); to envy; to hunger for |
| 馋涎欲滴 | chán xián yù dī | lit. to drool with desire (idiom); fig. to hunger for; greedy |
| 馋涎欲垂 | chán xián yù chuí | see 饞涎欲滴|馋涎欲滴[chan2 xian2 yu4 di1] |
| 垂涎 | chuí xián | to drool; to salivate; (fig.) to covet; to desire greedily |
| 黏涎 | nián xian | saliva; slobber; (coll.) long-winded; meandering |
| 涎沫 | xián mò | spittle |