xián

HSK 6
common

Meaning of

嫌 means suspicion; doubt; grudge; enmity; ill will. Pronounced xián. HSK 6.

  • suspicion; doubt
  • grudge; enmity; ill will
  • to dislike; to mind; to complain of

Character Info

Radical
Strokes13
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

shè
xián
tān
 
zhèng
zài
jiē
shòu
diào
chá
 

He is suspected of corruption and is under investigation.

Wèi
le
xián
 
méi
yǒu
cān
zhè
tóu
piào
 

To avoid suspicion, he did not participate in this vote.

Jǐng
fāng
jīng
zhuā
huò
le
xián
rén
 

The police have already caught that suspect.

jiā
duì
dōu
yǒu
hěn
de
xián
 

Everyone is very suspicious of him.

guǒ
jiě
shì
qīng
chǔ
 
zhè
shìr
zǒng
shì
xián
 
 

If you don't explain it clearly, this matter will remain under a cloud of suspicion.