Chinese symbol for “saliva”
津
jīn
saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for saliva is 津 (jīn), defined as: saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “saliva”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 津.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 津贴 (津貼) | jīn tiē | allowance |
| 津津乐道 (津津樂道) | jīn jīn lè dào | to discuss sth enthusiastically |
| 问津 (問津) | wèn jīn | to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative) |
| 无人问津 (無人問津) | wú rén wèn jīn | to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) |
| 津液 | jīn yè | bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine) |
| 津津有味 | jīn jīn yǒu wèi | with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “saliva”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.