jīn

abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)

water (氵) + phonetic (聿) = a watery crossing, saliva, or sweat

The water radical carries the meaning — a ford or crossing point where water meets passage. 聿 mainly contributes the sound jīn and does not add semantic weight here.

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他去门出差,下周才回来。

tā qù jīn mén chū chāi,xià zhōu cái huí lái。

he went to Tianjin on a work trip and will not be back until next week.

这趟火车从北京直达沽,非常方便。

zhè tàng huǒ chē cóng běi jīng zhí dá jīn gū,fēi cháng fāng biàn。

this train goes directly from Beijing to Tianjin, which is very convenient.

Words with 津

鱼津

yú jīn

bubbles (literary)

咸津津

xián jīn jīn

nice and salty (taste)

咸津津儿

xián jīn jīn r

erhua variant of 鹹津津|咸津津[xian2 jin1 jin1]

盐津

yán jīn

Yanjin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan

盐津县

yán jīn xiàn

Yanjin county in Zhaotong 昭通[Zhao1 tong1], Yunnan

点津

diǎn jīn

to solve a problem

京津

jīng jīn

Beijing and Tianjin

京津冀

jīng jīn jì

Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)

两颊生津

liǎng jiá shēng jīn

mouth-watering

利津

lì jīn

Lijin county in Dongying 東營|东营[Dong1 ying2], Shandong

利津县

lì jīn xiàn

Lijin county in Dongying 東營|东营[Dong1 ying2], Shandong

问津

wèn jīn

to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)

More characters with 氵