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美味

měi wèi

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

美味 (měi wèi) means "delicious; delicious food; delicacy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 美味 means

1. delicious
2. delicious food
3. delicacy

The characters in 美味

• 美měibeautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify
• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel

Example sentences

• 美味！
  Yummy!
• 很美味。
  This is delicious.
• 好美味！
  So tasty!
• 非常美味！
  Very delicious!
• 这菜很美味。
  This dish is tasty.
• 蛋糕很美味。
  The cake is delicious.

Words starting with 美味

• 美味可口měi wèi kě kǒudelicious; tasty
• 美味牛肝菌měi wèi niú gān jùnporcino (Boletus edulis)

Words containing 美味

• 珍馐美味zhēn xiū měi wèidelicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat

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