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气味

qì wèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 氣味

气味 (qì wèi) means "odor; scent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 气味 means

1. odor; scent

The characters in 气味

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel

Example sentences

• 这是什幺气味？
  What's this smell?
• 我用鼻子闻气味。
  I smell with my nose.
• 这种气味真可怕。
  This kind of odour is really terrifying.
• 我不能忍受这种气味。
  Wǒ bù néng rěnshòu zhèzhǒng qìwèi.
  I can't put up with this smell.
• 这牛奶有特殊的气味。
  Zhè niúnǎi yǒu tèshū de qìwèi.
  This milk has a peculiar smell.
• 我不太喜欢这水果的气味。
  Wǒ bù tài xǐhuan zhè shuǐguǒ de qìwèi.
  I don't like the way this fruit smells.

Where 气味 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qì–qǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qì wèi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.