鲜味 xiān wèi

umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 98612th word

Definitions

  1. 1. umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)

Characters

Character Meaning
鲜 xiān HSK 3
fresh; delicious; tasty
味 wèi HSK 4
taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)