酸
suān HSK4

sour, tart

酸 suān
sour adjectivenoun
sour or tart in taste or smell, like vinegar; spoiled or fermented food

这些橘子很酸。

zhè​xiē jú​zi hěn suān.

These oranges are very sour.

acid noun
acid, a chemical compound that releases hydrogen ions in water

酸可以腐蚀金属。

suān kě​yǐ fǔ​shí jīn​shǔ.

Acids can corrode metals.

aching adjectivenoun
sore, aching, or tingling, usually due to fatigue or illness; same as 痠 suān
pedantic adjective
pedantic; impractical; miserly
distressed
(bound form) sick at heart; grieved; distressed, such as in 心酸 xīn​suān
jealous
(slang) jealous or envious, especially in the context of being "salty" or making cynical comments about others' success
surname
a Chinese surname
sarcastic
to make sarcastic or stinging remarks; to mock someone using irony

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,456th most common 76.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,684th most common 32.6 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
16.3 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
42.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+9178

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)