原 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 厂 — cliff
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
原汁原味
yuánzhīyuánwèi
original flavour; authentic
Characters in this word
汁 zhī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
味 wèi
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家小馆做菜不放味精，保留了家常菜的原汁原味。 Zhè jiā xiǎoguǎn zuò cài bù fàng wèijīng, bǎoliúle jiācháng cài de yuánzhī yuánwèi. This little restaurant doesn't use MSG in its dishes, keeping the authentic flavour of home cooking.
- 这首民歌用方言演唱，听起来原汁原味，特别动人。 Zhè shǒu míngē yòng fāngyán yǎnchàng, tīng qǐlái yuánzhī yuánwèi, tèbié dòngrén. This folk song is sung in a local dialect and sounds utterly authentic and especially moving.
- 旅行时我最想尝尝当地原汁原味的街头小吃。 Lǚxíng shí wǒ zuì xiǎng chángchang dāngdì yuánzhī yuánwèi de jiētóu xiǎochī. When travelling, what I most want to try is authentic local street food.
Related words
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally
- 原因 yuányīn reason
- 原料 yuánliào raw material
- 原则 yuánzé principle
- 草原 cǎoyuán grassland
- 高原 gāoyuán plateau
- 平原 píngyuán plain
- 原理 yuánlǐ principle
- 原始 yuánshǐ original; primitive
- 原先 yuánxiān formerly; originally
- 原有 yuányǒu original; existing before
- 还原 huányuán to restore, to return to original state