xiān

  1. xiān adjective fresh; new; delicious
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Variant of 鮮 (Unihan '鱻')
  2. xiān adjective rare; few
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '鱻')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 7 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 26 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 55 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Yi Zu Jing (Arthavargīyasūtra) 佛說義足經 — count: 1
  • Scroll 29 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 作鱻 (作鱻) 星牋反考聲云鮮好也字書云鮮新也說文鮮善也又作鱻說文鱻精也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 7 — count: 2