津 (jīn): abbr. for Tianjin 天津, saliva, sweat
津 (jīn) is a Chinese character meaning “saliva.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 聿 (phonetic). It ranks #1345 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 津 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- abbr. for Tianjin 天津
- saliva
- sweat
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牛津proper-noun | niú jīn | Oxford (city in England) |
| 津贴noun | jīn tiē | allowance |
| 无人问津phrase | wú rén wèn jīn | to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) |
| 津津乐道phrase | jīn jīn lè dào | to discuss sth enthusiastically |
| 津巴布韦proper-noun | jīn bā bù wéi | Zimbabwe |
| 汗津津adjective | hàn jīn jīn | sweaty |
| 津津有味phrase | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom) |
| 津市proper-noun | jīn shì | see 津市市 |
| 天津proper-noun | tiān jīn | Tianjin municipality (short name 津) |
| 问津verb | wèn jīn | to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative) |
| 天津外国语大学 | tiān jīn wài guó yǔ dà xué | Tianjin Foreign Studies University |
| 天津大学 | tiān jīn dà xué | Tianjin University |
| 天津会议专条 | tiān jīn huì yì zhuān tiáo | Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章 and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 to... |
| 天津条约 | tiān jīn tiáo yuē | Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing C... |
| 天津环球金融中心 | tiān jīn huán qiú jīn róng zhōng xīn | Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower |
津 appears in 68 compound words: 24 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 43 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 津 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to take delight in talking about; to discuss enthusiastically; to love to talk about
to take delight in talking about; to discuss enthusiastically; to love to talk about
Example Sentences
清晨的津面波光粼粼，倒映着岸边的柳树。
qīng chén de jīn miàn bō guāng 粼 粼 , dǎo yìng zhe àn biān de liǔ shù .
The morning waters shimmered, reflecting the willow trees along the shore.
京津冀GDP连跨六个万亿台阶 建设具全球影响...
jīng jīn 冀 G D P lián kuà liù gè wàn yì tái jiē jiàn shè jù quán qiú yǐng xiǎng . . .
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei GDP spans six trillion steps in a row, and the construction has a global impact...
...DA.US)第四季度营收同比增长73% 津巴布韦暂停出口锂精矿和原矿
. . . D A . U S ) dì sì jì dù yíng shōu tóng bǐ zēng cháng 7 3 jīn bā bù 韦 zàn tíng chū kǒu 锂 jīng kuàng hé yuán kuàng
... DA. US) revenue increased 73% year-on-year in the fourth quarter Zimbabwe suspended exports of lithium concentrate and raw ore
...案|消息:幼稚园单位资助额不再削减 两项津贴整合并入
. . . àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù é bù zài xiāo jiǎn liǎng xiàng jīn tiē zhěng gě bìng rù
... Case|News: The subsidy amount of kindergarten units will not be reduced, and the two subsidies will be integrated
...政预算案|消息:幼稚园单位资助不再减 官津校资助每年削2%
. . . zhèng yù suàn àn xiāo xī : yòu zhì yuán dān wèi zī zhù bù zài jiǎn guān jīn jiào zī zhù měi nián xiāo 2
... Budget|News: Kindergarten unit subsidies will no longer be reduced, and government subsidy school subsidies will be reduced by 2% per year
劳保局发钱!“6津贴”最高近2万入帐 逾200万人领到了
láo bǎo jú fā qián ! 6 jīn tiē zuì gāo jìn 2 wàn rù zhàng yú 2 0 0 wàn rén lǐng dào le
The Labor Insurance Bureau pays money!" 6. The "allowance" of up to nearly 20,000 people received more than 2 million people
这是去牛津大学的车吗？
Zhè shì qù Niújīn Dàxué de chē ma?
Is this the bus to Oxford?
你会待在牛津多久？
Nǐ huì dài zài Niújīn duōjiǔ?
How long are you going to be in Oxford for?
那场演讲很长，但我却听得津津有味。
Nà chǎng yǎnjiǎng hěn cháng, dàn wǒ què tīng de jīnjīnyǒuwèi.
The lecture was very long, but I enjoyed it none the less.
津巴布韦曾经是英国的殖民地。
Jīnbābùwéi céngjīng shì Yīngguó de zhímíndì.
Zimbabwe was once a colony of Britain.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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