CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

调味

tiáowèi

seasoning

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

seasoning

condiment

flavoring

dressing

essences

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 调味 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 调味 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我在鱼上洒盐和胡椒作调味。wǒ zài yú shàng sǎ yán hé hú jiāo zuò tiáo wèi。

I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.

我能肯定地说我妈的厨艺算不上好。我喜欢调味得当的食物，像我太太的。但我仍然想让我妈教我做饭，因为这是我从小吃的味道，你懂的。wǒ néng kěn dìng dì shuō wǒ mā de chú yì suàn bù shàng hǎo。 wǒ xǐ huān tiáo wèi dé dàng de shí wù， xiàng wǒ tài tài de。 dàn wǒ réng rán xiǎng ràng wǒ mā jiào wǒ zuò fàn， yīn wèi zhè shì wǒ cóng xiǎo chī de wèi dào， nǐ dǒng de。

I can say for certain that my mother's cooking is by no means skillful. I prefer food that is actually properly seasoned, like my wife's. Nevertheless, I want my mother to teach me how to cook. It's her flavors that I've tasted since childhood, you see.

妈妈的料理说不上好，调味也不如妻子做的合我口味。但还是想让她传授给我，那种儿时尝过的味道。mā mā de liào lǐ shuō bù shàng hǎo， tiáo wèi yě bù rú qī zǐ zuò de hé wǒ kǒu wèi。 dàn hái shì xiǎng ràng tā chuán shòu gěi wǒ， nà zhǒng ér shí cháng guò de wèi dào。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 调味.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 调味.

Directly before

作调味1
喜欢调味1

Directly after

调味得当1
调味也1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 调味

What does 调味 mean in Chinese?

调味 (tiáowèi) means seasoning.

How do you pronounce 调味?

调味 is pronounced tiáowèi.

Is 调味 an HSK word?

调味 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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