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馅 xiàn filling

filling; stuffing; secret

How to remember 馅: 饣 food + 臽 pitfall = filling. At the dumpling party, Grandma sets out the food and presses a little pitfall into each wrapper, just deep enough for the filling.

  • HSK 9
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 饣

Component breakdown

馅 = 饣 food + 臽 pitfall

  • 饣 food
  • 臽 pitfall
The Gushi story

At the dumpling party, Grandma sets out the food and presses a little pitfall into each wrapper, just deep enough for the filling.

How it is used

  • The filling inside dumplings, buns, or pastry - 饺子馅 (jiǎozi xiàn) dumpling filling, 豆沙馅 (dòushā xiàn) sweet red-bean filling.
  • Lives in the vivid idiom 露馅(儿) (lòuxiàn(r)), literally 'the filling shows' = to let a secret slip out, give oneself away - 他一紧张就露馅了 (tā yì jǐnzhāng jiù lòuxiàn le) he gives himself away the moment he gets nervous.
  • Everyday food and colloquial register; often takes the 儿-suffix in northern speech (馅儿).