津

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.

氵+聿→津
氵WaterSemantic
聿A writing brushPhonetic

他去津门出差,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津沽,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

津液

jīn yè

bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)

延津

yán jīn

see 延津縣|延津县[Yan2 jin1 Xian4]

天津市

tiān jīn shì

Tianjin municipality (abbr. to 津[Jin1])

牛津大学

niú jīn dà xué

University of Oxford

津津乐道

jīn jīn lè dào

to discuss sth enthusiastically

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

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