Skip to content

羡 xiàn

to envy, to covet; to admire, to praise

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 4
Radical
羊
Traditional
羨
Type
Ideograph
Made of 羊次 ⿱羊次

Memory hint: Someone who has a whole row 次 of sheep 羊

✍️ Practise writing 羡 Try it here ↓

Write it yourself

Draw each stroke in the box with your mouse or finger. Wrong strokes are shown in red; after two misses the next stroke is highlighted.

Stroke 1 of 12

Example sentences with 羡

Show:

Tap any word to see its pinyin and meaning and add it to your Personal Deck. Press 🔊 to hear the sentence.

  1. 我很羡慕你的生活。
    Wǒ hěn xiànmù nǐ de shēnghuó.
    I really envy your life.
    i very envy you (particle) life
  2. 你羡慕他吗？
    Nǐ xiànmù tā ma?
    Do you envy him?
    you envy him (question)
  3. 别只是羡慕，自己也努力试试。
    Bié zhǐshì xiànmù, zìjǐ yě nǔlì shìshi.
    Don't just envy, try hard yourself too.
    don't only envy, self also work-hard try-try
  4. 我一点也不羡慕他。
    Wǒ yìdiǎn yě bù xiànmù tā.
    I don't envy him at all.
    i a-bit also not envy him
  5. 上学的时候，大家都羡慕成绩好的同学。
    Shàngxué de shíhou, dàjiā dōu xiànmù chéngjì hǎo de tóngxué.
    When in school, everyone envied the classmates with good grades.
    attend-school (particle) time, everyone all envy grades good (particle) classmate

Words with 羡 (1)