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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鲜味

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鲜味 xiān wèi - umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 95,393 40,533 25,918

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiǎn- variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
xiǎn- variant of 尟|鲜[xian3]
xiān- fresh
- bright (in color)
- delicious
- tasty
- delicacy
- aquatic foods
xiǎn- few
- rare
xiān- fish
- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
xiǎn- old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
wèi- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Other Words Containing 鲜味

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
鲜味 - - 95,393 40,533 25,918