Chinese symbol for “seasoning”
调味
tiáo wèi
Traditional: 調味
seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seasoning is 调味 (tiáo wèi), defined as: seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seasoning”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调味料 (調味料) | tiáo wèi liào | seasoning; condiment |
| 香精 | xiāng jīng | seasoning; condiment |
| 调味品 (調味品) | tiáo wèi pǐn | seasoning; flavoring |
| 调和 (調和) | tiáo hé | harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile |
| 调料 (調料) | tiáo liào | condiment; seasoning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调味.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seasoning”.
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.