鮮味

See also: 鲜味

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	taste
trad. (鮮味)		鮮	味
simp. (鲜味)		鲜	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: syān-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianwey
    • Palladius: сяньвэй (sjanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ mei⁶
    • Yale: sīn meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mei̯²²/

Noun

鮮味

1. fresh fish and meat dishes
2. delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes
3. umami

Synonyms

• (delicious food):

• 滋味 (zīwèi) (archaic)
• 甘脆 (gāncuì) (literary)
• 美味 (měiwèi)
• 美食 (měishí)

 

See also

Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text)
甜 (tián)	酸 (suān)	鹹／咸 (xián)	苦	辣 (là)	鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi)