嚌 (jì) - To taste or sip & to nibble
嚌 · jì
To taste or sip;
to nibble;
to cut meat into small pieces;
to chew.
To taste or sipto nibbleto cut meat into small pieces
Usage highlights
To taste soupTo cut meatTo nibble foodTo taste sacrificial offeringsTo sip wineTo chew carefully
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He tasted the soup carefully (嚌汤).
- The chef cut the meat into small pieces (嚌肉).
- She nibbled on the appetizer (嚌小食).
- Ancient rituals involved tasting sacrificial food (嚌祭食).
Collocations
- To taste soup(嚌汤)
- To cut meat(嚌肉)
- To nibble food(嚌食)
- To taste sacrificial offerings(嚌祭)
- To sip wine(嚌酒)
- To chew carefully(嚌嚼)
Idioms
- To taste and know the flavor(嚌尝知味)
- To cut fine and chew slowly(嚌切细嚼)
- To participate in sacrificial tasting(与祭而嚌)
Cultural background
FAQ- Originally depicted cutting meat into small pieces for tasting or sacrificial offerings.
- Used in classical texts describing ritual ceremonies where food was tasted.
- Appears in ancient Chinese medical texts describing careful chewing for digestion.