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津津有味

jīn jīn yǒu wèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

津津有味 (jīn jīn yǒu wèi) means "with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 津津有味 means

1. with keen interest (idiom)
2. with great pleasure
3. with gusto
4. eagerly

The characters in 津津有味

• 津jīnsaliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 津jīnsaliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel

Example sentences

• 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.
• 他八个月大了，已经开始长牙了。他很高兴且几乎不会哭。他吃得津津有味，长得还有点胖嘟嘟的。他已经开始尖叫了，现在又想说话了。
  He is eight months old and already has a tooth. He is very cheerful and almost never cries. He eats with great gusto and is quite chubby. He is already trying to scream and wants to talk now.

Where 津津有味 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīn jīn yǒu wèi correctly.
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