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味

wèi

HSK 4 Character

What 味 means

1. taste
2. smell
3. (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
4. quality
5. sense
6. (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Example sentences

• 美味！
  Yummy!
• 很美味。
  This is delicious.
• 好美味！
  So tasty!
• 我很乏味。
  Wǒ hěn fáwèi.
  I am boring.
• 鱼变味了。
  The fish has gone bad.
• 你有怪味。
  You have a weird smell.

Words starting with 味

• 味道wèi daoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest…
• 味儿wèi rtaste
• 味精wèi jīngmonosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 味觉wèi juésense of taste; gustation
• 味素wèi sùmonosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 味之素Wèi zhī sùAjinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation
• 味美思酒wèi měi sī jiǔvermouth (loanword); Italian spiced fortified wine
• 味蕾wèi lěitaste bud(s)
• 味觉迟钝wèi jué chí dùnamblygeustia; loss of food taste
• 味同嚼蜡wèi tóng jiáo làlit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); fig. tasteless; insipid
• 味噌wèi cēngmiso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso"); also pr. wèi zēng
• 味噌汤wèi cēng tāngmiso soup
• 味醂wèi línmirin, a Japanese cooking wine
• 味淋wèi línvariant of 味醂
• 味霖wèi línvariant of 味醂

Words containing 味

• 口味kǒu wèia person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor
• 滋味zī wèitaste; flavor; feeling
• 气味qì wèiodor; scent
• 风味fēng wèidistinctive flavor; distinctive style
• 趣味qù wèifun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
• 津津有味jīn jīn yǒu wèiwith keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto
• 意味着yì wèi zheto signify; to mean; to imply
• 意味yì wèimeaning; implication; flavor
• 香味xiāng wèifragrance; bouquet; sweet smell
• 美味měi wèidelicious; delicious food; delicacy
• 品味pǐn wèito sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste…
• 一味yī wèipersistently; stubbornly; blindly
• 回味huí wèito call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste
• 乏味fá wèitedious
• 体味tǐ wèibody odor; to appreciate a subtle taste
• 韵味yùn wèiimplicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
• 无味wú wèiflavorless; unpalatable; odorless; dull; uninteresting
• 臭味chòu wèibad smell; foul odor
• 意味深长yì wèi shēn chángprofound; significant; meaningful
• 不是滋味bù shì zī wèito be upset; to feel disgusted
• 调味tiáo wèiseasoning; condiment; flavoring
• 人情味rén qíng wèihuman warmth; friendliness; human touch
• 耐人寻味nài rén xún wèi(idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
• 异味yì wèiunpleasant odor

Characters built on 未

These share the phonetic component 未 (wèi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 魅mèidemon; magic; to charm
• 昧mèito conceal; dark
• 寐mèito sleep soundly
• 耒lěiplow

Characters that look like 味

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 昧mèito conceal; dark
• 咏yǒngto sing
• 呋fūused in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 位position; location; place
• 喂hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 未not yet; did not; have not
• 卫to guard; to protect; to defend
• 谓to speak; to say; to name
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 畏to fear
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原