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开胃

kāi wèi

2-character word Traditional 開胃

What 开胃 means

1. to whet the appetite
2. appetizing
3. to amuse oneself at sb's expense
4. to tease

The characters in 开胃

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 胃wèistomach

Example sentences

• 那很开胃。
  Nà hěn kāiwèi.
  That really whets my appetite.

Words starting with 开胃

• 开胃菜kāi wèi càistarter; appetizer
• 开胃酒kāi wèi jiǔaperitif wine

Sounds the same

Read kāi wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 开味whet the appetite