涩 (澀)
sè
Pinyin

Definition

涩 (澀)
 - 
sè
  1. astringent
  2. tart
  3. acerbity
  4. unsmooth
  5. rough (surface)
  6. hard to understand
  7. obscure
涩 (澁)
 - 
sè
  1. old variant of 澀|涩[sè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (12)

羞涩
xiū sè
  1. 1 shy
  2. 2 bashful
苦涩
kǔ sè
  1. 1 bitter and astringent
  2. 2 pained
  3. 3 agonized
青涩
qīng sè
  1. 1 underripe
  2. 2 (fig.) young and inexperienced
干涩
gān sè
  1. 1 dry and rough (skin)
  2. 2 hoarse (voice)
  3. 3 dry and heavy (style)
酸涩
suān sè
  1. 1 sour
  2. 2 acrid
  3. 3 (fig.) bitter
  4. 4 painful

Idioms (1)

艰深晦涩
jiān shēn huì sè
  1. 1 abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

秦宇是个羞涩的男孩儿，他其实有时候想和这个女孩儿聊几句，但也不知道该从何聊起。就这么过了将近三个月，他和女孩儿几乎天天见到面，但除了点咖啡和道谢之外，他们两人未曾说过其它话语。
qínyǔ shì gè xiūsè de nánháir ，tā qíshí yǒushíhou xiǎng hé zhège nǚháiēr liáo jǐ jù ，dàn yě bù zhīdào gāi cónghé liáo qǐ 。jiù zhème guò le jiāngjìn sān ge yuè ，tā hé nǚháiēr jīhū tiāntiān jiàndào miàn ，dàn chúle diǎn kāfēi hé dàoxiè zhīwài ，tāmen liǎng rén wèicéng shuō guo qítā huàyǔ 。
QinYu is a shy boy. Sometimes he really wanted to make small talk with this girl, but he didn't know where to start. About three months had passed, and he had been meeting this girl almost every day. But aside from ordering coffee and a thank-you, they hadn't said anything else to each other.
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是的，旧世界的比较酸涩，因为单宁含量多。新世界比较香甜，单宁少。
shì de ，jiù shìjiè de bǐjiào suānsè ，yīnwèi dānníng hánliàng duō 。xīn shìjiè bǐjiào xiāngtián ，dānníng shǎo 。
Yes. The Old World wine is quite acidic, because the tannin content is higher. New World wine is relatively sweet as the tannin is less.
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