hūn
Traditional: 葷
荤 (hūn) is a Chinese word meaning “strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc); non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc); vulgar”.
Meanings
- 1strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- 2non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- 3vulgar
- 4obscene
Related words
荤used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]荤菜non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)七荤八素confused五荤(Buddhism etc) the five forbidden pungent vegetables: leek, scallion, garlic, rape and coriander开荤to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet有荤有素to include both meat and vegetables油荤meat foods茹荤to eat meat茹荤饮酒to eat meat and drink wine荤段子dirty joke荤油lard荤笑话dirty jokes