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添加剂

tiān jiā jì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 添加劑

添加剂 (tiān jiā jì) means "additive; food additive". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 添加剂 means

1. additive
2. food additive

The characters in 添加剂

• 添tiānto add; to increase; to replenish
• 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 剂jì(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients…

Example sentences

• 他闷闷不乐地转向了他的橙汁，埋怨着自己不情愿地成了里头每一点添加剂的实验品。
  He turned to his orange juice sullenly, sneering that every little additive would sign him up for experiments he wanted no part in.

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