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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