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xuán
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. to hang or suspend
  2. 2. to worry
  3. 3. public announcement
  4. 4. unresolved
  5. 5. baseless
  6. 6. without foundation

Words Containing 悬

悬雍垂
xuán yōng chuí

uvula (biology)

倒悬
dào xuán

lit. to hang upside down

悬浮微粒
xuán fú wēi lì

particulates

倒悬之危
dào xuán zhī wēi

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

倒悬之苦
dào xuán zhī kǔ

lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

悬荡
xuán dàng

to hang

悬挂式滑翔
xuán guà shì huá xiáng

hang-gliding

悬而未决
xuán ér wèi jué

pending a decision; hanging in the balance

悬浮
xuán fú

to float (in the air etc)

悬案
xuán àn

unresolved question

悬岩
xuán yán

cliff

头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ

lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)

众寡悬殊
zhòng guǎ xuán shū

the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered

悬空
xuán kōng

to hang in the air

悬垂
xuán chuí

to hang down

悬河
xuán hé

\hanging\ river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)

悬带
xuán dài

sling (for immobilizing an injured limb etc)

垂悬结构
chuí xuán jié gòu

dangling element (grammar)

悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ

to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)

悬浮物
xuán fú wù

suspended matter

悬崖勒马
xuán yá lè mǎ

lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)

悬空寺
xuán kōng sì

Xuankong Temple or Suspended Temple near Yanyuan in Shanxi

悬疑
xuán yí

suspense

倒悬之急
dào xuán zhī jí

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation

悬挂
xuán guà

to suspend

悬停
xuán tíng

to hover (helicopter, computer mouse etc)

明镜高悬
míng jìng gāo xuán

perspicacious and impartial in judgment (idiom)

悬赏令
xuán shǎng lìng

an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)

悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì

sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)

悬羊头卖狗肉
xuán yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu

see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu]

悬崖
xuán yá

precipice

秦镜高悬
qín jìng gāo xuán

see 明鏡高懸|明镜高悬[míng jìng gāo xuán]

悬揣
xuán chuǎi

to speculate

悬壶济世
xuán hú jì shì

practice medicine or pharmacy to help the people or public

口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé

mouth like a torrent (idiom)

天悬地隔
tiān xuán dì gé

see 天差地遠|天差地远[tiān chā dì yuǎn]

磁悬浮
cí xuán fú

magnetic levitation (train)

悬念
xuán niàn

suspense in a movie, play etc

垂悬分词
chuí xuán fēn cí

dangling participle (grammar)

悬殊
xuán shū

widely different

悬臂
xuán bì

cantilever

悬索桥
xuán suǒ qiáo

suspension bridge

悬挂式滑翔机
xuán guà shì huá xiáng jī

hang-glider

天地悬隔
tiān dì xuán gé

lit. a gulf between heaven and earth (idiom)

中苏解决悬案大纲协定
zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng

the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China

悬崖峭壁
xuán yá qiào bì

sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)

解民倒悬
jiě mín dào xuán

lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits

附赘悬疣
fù zhuì xuán yóu

superfluous or useless appendages

悬壶
xuán hú

(literary) to practice medicine

悬赏
xuán shǎng

to offer a reward