荤
Ancient forms
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Meaning
- strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- vulgar
- obscene
xūn xun1
- used in 荤粥 Xūn yù
Words with 荤
- 开荤 kāihūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet
- 油荤 yóuhūn meat foods
- 荤油 hūnyóu lard
- 荤话 hūnhuà obscene speech; crude language
- 五荤 wǔhūn (Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander
- 荤素 hūnsù meat and vegetable
- 荤菜 hūncài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
- 荤辛 hūnxīn very pungent and spicy vegetable dishes (a common Buddhist term)
- 茹荤 rúhūn to eat meat
- 荤腥 hūnxīng meat and fish
- 荤笑话 hūnxiàohua dirty jokes
- 有荤有素 yǒuhūnyǒusù to include both meat and vegetables