wèi

taste, smell, odor; delicacy

HSK 4 #844

DEFINITIONS

味 wèi
  • taste
  • smell
  • classifier for drugs (in TCM)

STROKES

味 stroke order diagram
味 stroke order animation

WORDS

深长 yì wèi shēn cháng profound; significant; meaningful
yì wèi unpleasant odor
yùn wèi implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
蕾 wèi lěi taste bud(s)
yě wèi game; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
原汁原 yuán zhī yuán wèi original; authentic
品 tiáo wèi pǐn seasoning; flavoring
hǎi wèi seafood
yī wèi blindly; invariably
精 wèi jīng monosodium glutamate (MSG)
有滋有 yǒu zī yǒu wèi flavorsome; (fig.) delightful; full of interest
耐人寻 nài rén xún wèi thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought
无穷 huí wèi wú qióng leaving a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; lingering in memory
rù wèi tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting
剂 tián wèi jì sweetener (food additive)
nì wei tired of; fed up; sick; (of a person) to annoy; tiresome
山珍海 shān zhēn hǎi wèi exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
wán wèi to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
可口 měi wèi kě kǒu delicious; tasty
同嚼蜡 wèi tóng jiáo là tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); tasteless; insipid
kǔ wèi bitter taste; bitterness
素 wèi sù monosodium glutamate (MSG)
xìng wèi interest; taste
zǒu wèi to lose flavor
xiān wèi umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)