味 wèi

1. wèi noun taste; flavor
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Flavor 味道
   Notes: In the sense of 味道; for example, the idiom 食不知味 'eat without tasting the food [downhearted]' (Guoyu '味' n 1; Kroll 2015 '味' 1, p. 474; Unihan '味'; XHZD '味' 1)
2. wèi measure word measure word for ingredients in Chinese medicine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: (Guoyu '味' n 4; XHZD '味' 5)
3. wèi noun significance
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 意味 (Guoyu '味' n 3; Kroll 2015 '味' 1a, p. 474; XHZD '味' 3)
4. wèi verb to taste
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 品尝 (Guoyu '味' v 1)
5. wèi verb to ruminate; to mull over
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 研究 (CC-CEDICT '味'; Guoyu '味' v 2; XHZD '味' 3)
6. wèi noun smell; odor
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Smell
   Notes: In the sense of 气味; for example, 臭味 'bad smell' (Guoyu '味' n 2; Unihan '味'; XHZD '味' 2)
7. wèi noun a delicacy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 菜肴 (Guoyu '味' n 5; Unihan '味')

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• 调味肉汁(調味肉汁) gravy
• 洋味 Western taste; Western style
• 尝味(嘗味) to savor
• 开味(開味) whet the appetite
• 腻味(膩味) tired of; fed up; sick; (of a person) to annoy; tiresome
• 食髓知味 eat bone marrow [one time] and know the flavor
• 家乡味(家鄉味) flavor of cooking from one's native place
• 韵味(韻味) implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
• 意味着(意味著) to signify; to mean; to imply
• 蒜味 garlic odor
• 怪味 strange odor
• 食不终味(食不終味) unable to appreciating the taste
• 烧味(燒味) siu mei
• 食不遑味 to capable of appreciating food and drink
• 调味料(調味料) seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
• 火药味(火藥味) smell of gunpowder; () combative tone; belligerence
• 情味 feeling; flavor; sense
• 食不甘味 unable to appreciate aa sweet taste
• 一味 with single-mindedness ; always
• 色香味俱全 to smell, look and taste great
• 食之无味，弃之可惜(食之無味，棄之可惜) to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it
• 值得品味 worth tasting; you should try it
• 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
• 单调乏味(單調乏味) monotonous; dull; tedious
• 味觉(味覺) taste sense; palate
• 矫味剂(矯味劑) corrective agent; flavoring agent
• 五味子 schizandra; Magnolia vine
• 甘味 sweetness; sweet taste
• 细细品味(細細品味) to savor; to relish
• 甜味 sweetness
• 枯燥无味(枯燥無味) tedious; dreary
• 美味 a delicacy ; a delicious flavor
• 异味(異味) unpleasant odor
• 乏味 tedious
• 意味 significance; implication ; an interest
• 味儿(味兒) taste; flavor ; an odor; a scent; a smell ; interest ; significance
• 淡泊寡味 insipid and tasteless
• 兴味(興味) interest; taste
• 索然无味(索然無味) insipid; uninteresting
• 火药味甚浓(火藥味甚濃) strong smell of gunpowder; tense situation; standoff
• 走味儿(走味兒) to lose flavor
• 品味 to sample; to taste; to appreciate
• 串味 to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor
• 耐人寻味(耐人尋味) worth thinking over
• 五味 five flavors
• 味美思酒 vermouth ; Italian spiced fortified wine
• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 年味 Spring Festival atmosphere; festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
• 后味(後味) aftertaste

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• 第六十九回 Chapter 69 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 17
• 卷下：五之煮、六之飲、七之事、八之出、九之略、十之圖 Final Scroll: 5. Boiling, 6. Drinking, 7. History, 8. Growing Regions, 9. Simplify, 10. Pictorialize The Classic of Tea 茶經 — count: 16
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 13
• 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 12
• 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 9
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 幼官圖第九 Chapter 9: You Guan Tu Guanzi 管子 — count: 8
• 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials Guanzi 管子 — count: 8

Collocations

• 不重味 (不重味) 食不重味 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 10
• 好味 (好味) 昔者齊桓公好味 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 8
• 味辛 (味辛) 其味辛 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
• 味酸 (味酸) 其味酸 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
• 味咸 (味鹹) 其味咸 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
• 肉味 (肉味) 三月不知肉味 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 7. 《述而》 Shu Er — count: 7
• 味苦 (味苦) 其味苦 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 6
• 厚味 (厚味) 其為魚也博而厚味 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷七 政理 Chapter 7: Governance — count: 4
• 不二味 (不二味) 昔闔廬食不二味 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
• 重味 (重味) 九鼎重味 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷二　俶真訓 Chapter 2: Starting with the Truth — count: 4