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食盐 (shí yán): Table salt — Meaning & Stroke Order

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食盐 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinshí yán

Meaningtable salt

Characters2

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Word食盐

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 食盐.

Words with 食

美食měi shíHSK 4
食品shí pǐnHSK 4
食堂shí tángHSK 4
主食zhǔ shíHSK 5
粮食liáng shiHSK 5
零食líng shíHSK 5
食物shí wùHSK 5
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Words with 盐

加盐jiā yán
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钠盐nà yán
盐硷地yánjiǎndì
盐碱地yánjiǎndì

3.

Example Sentences with 食盐

Qǐng请

bǎ把

shí食

yán盐

dì递

gěi给

wǒ我

。

Please pass me the table salt.