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"slightly salty" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
咸丝丝 鹹絲絲 xián sī sī slightly salty
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一些 yī xiē some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
稍稍 shāo shāo somewhat / a little / slightly syn
瘦小 shòu xiǎo slightly-built / petite syn
略微 lüè wēi a little bit / slightly syn
炸酱面 炸醬麵 zhá jiàng miàn zhajiang mian, thick wheat noodles served with ground pork simmered in salty fermented soybean paste (or other sauce)
五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
略胜一筹 略勝一籌 lüè shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above syn
小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn
略略 lüè lüè slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally syn
微升 wēi shēng microliter / to increase slightly
有点儿 有點兒 yǒu diǎn r slightly / a little / somewhat syn
略为 略為 lüè wéi slightly syn
五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
略作 lüè zuò to be abbreviated to / (followed by a verb) slightly
小过 小過 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
差 chā difference / discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little / somewhat / slightly syn
欠 qiàn to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body) syn
聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
弱 ruò weak / feeble / young / inferior / not as good as / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than syn
微 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn
咸 鹹 xián salted / salty / stingy / miserly syn
斤 jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
暴走鞋 bào zǒu xié Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel)
齁 hōu to snore / thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food / (dialect) very / extremely
謦 qì cough slightly
咸津津 鹹津津 xián jīn jīn nice and salty (taste) syn
咸淡 鹹淡 xián dàn salty and unsalty (flavors) / degree of saltiness / brackish (water)
咸涩 鹹澀 xián sè salty and bitter / acerbic
重口味 zhòng kǒu wèi strong flavor (spicy, salty etc) / (of food) strongly flavored / (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors / (slang) intense / hardcore
槟子 檳子 bīn zi binzi / a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent
少间 少間 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
微溶 wēi róng slightly soluble
稍异 稍異 shāo yì differing slightly
苦不唧 kǔ bu jī slightly bitter
未达一间 未達一間 wèi dá yī jiàn differing only slightly / not much between them
裙带亲 裙帶親 qún dài qīn relatives of the wife (slightly pejorative)
凉凉 涼涼 liáng liáng slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate
些微 xiē wēi slight / minor / small / slightly syn
微胖 wēi pàng slightly chubby / stoutish
虚掩 虛掩 xū yǎn to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open / ajar / not fully shut / unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned syn
镬气 鑊氣 huò qì "wok hei", a distinctive smoky, charred, and slightly caramelized flavor imparted to food cooked in a wok over a high flame (orthographic borrowing from Cantonese, Jyutping: wok6 hei3)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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