荤
hūn
Pinyin

Definition

荤
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hūn
  1. strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
  2. non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
  3. vulgar
  4. obscene

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

荤素
hūn sù
  1. 1 meat and vegetable
荤菜
hūn cài
  1. 1 non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
开荤
kāi hūn
  1. 1 to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
  2. 2 (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
七荤八素
qī hūn bā sù
  1. 1 confused
  2. 2 distracted
荤
hūn
  1. 1 strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
  2. 2 non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
  3. 3 vulgar
  4. 4 obscene
荤腥
hūn xīng
  1. 1 meat and fish
荤油
hūn yóu
  1. 1 lard
  2. 2 animal fat

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

葱蒜是荤的吗？我没听说过，那你要换一盘吗？
cōngsuàn shì hūn de ma ？wǒ méi tīngshuō guo ，nà nǐ yào huàn yīpán ma ？
Are spring onion and garlic non-vegetarian? I never heard that before. Do you want me to give you a new one?
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好！嗯，荤素都有，挺丰富的。怎么没有黄豆芽啊？
hǎo ！ng4 ，hūn sù dōu yǒu ，tǐng fēngfù de 。zěnme méiyǒu huángdòuyá ā ？
Okay! Hmm, you've got both meat and vegetables. It's quite a lot. Why don't you have soybean sprouts?
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我这次因为特想吃烤茄子和香菇，所以蔬菜带多了。我看你们荤菜准备得倒是很充足啊!
wǒ zhè cì yīnwèi tè xiǎng chī kǎo qiézi hé xiānggū ，suǒyǐ shūcài dài duō le 。wǒ kàn nǐmen hūncài zhǔnbèi de dàoshì hěn chōngzú a !
I brought a lot of vegetables this time because I really wanted to have some barbecued mushroom and eggplant. I see you guys brought quite a bit of meat!
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点了那么多荤的，点一些素菜吧。
diǎn le nàme duō hūn de ，diǎn yīxiē sùcài ba 。
We've ordered so many meat dishes--order some vegetable dishes.
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噢，明白了。反正什么都和“道”有关。他们可以吃荤吗？
ō ，míngbai le 。fǎnzhèng shénme dōu hé “dào ”yǒuguān 。tāmen kěyǐ chī hūn ma ？
I see. Anyway, it's all related to ``the way." Can they eat meat?
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的。我去年检查身体时，发现
de 。wǒ qùnián jiǎnchá shēntǐ shí ，fāxiàn
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