Pinyin: suān

sour

Example sentence

这个苹果有点酸。

Zhège píngguǒ yǒudiǎn suān.

This apple is a bit sour.

What 酸 means

(suān) is a Chinese word meaning “sour”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.

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HSK 4

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