Usage of the character 涎
xián
涎
[涎]
- saliva
xián
涎
[㳄]
- variant of 涎 (xián)
xiánshuǐ
涎水
[涎水]
- saliva
chuíxián
垂涎
[垂涎]
- to water at the mouth
- to drool
xiánmò
涎沫
[涎沫]
- spittle
niánxian
黏涎
[黏涎]
- saliva; slobber
- (coll.) long-winded; meandering
niánxiánzi
黏涎子
[黏涎子]
- saliva
- dribble
lóngxiánxiāng
龙涎香
[龍涎香]
- ambergris
chánxiányùchuí
馋涎欲垂
[饞涎欲垂]
- see 饞涎欲滴／馋涎欲滴 (chánxiányùdī)
chuíxiányùdī
垂涎欲滴
[垂涎欲滴]
- to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
- to hunger for
rǎnzhǐchuíxián
染指垂涎
[染指垂涎]
- lit. dirty finger, mouth watering (idiom); fig. greedy to seize sth
chánxiányùdī
馋涎欲滴
[饞涎欲滴]
- lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
- fig. to hunger for
- greedy
chuíxiánsānchǐ
垂涎三尺
[垂涎三尺]
- to drool (over) (idiom)
- to yearn for
- to covet
- to crave