味 wèi
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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) -
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) -
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) -
wèi
verb
to taste
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 品尝 (Guoyu '味' v 1) -
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) -
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) -
wèi
noun
a delicacy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 菜肴 (Guoyu '味' n 5; Unihan '味')
Contained in
- 回味无穷(回味無窮) leaving a rich aftertaste; memorable; lingering in memory
- 索然寡味 dull and insipid
- 卤味(滷味) food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
- 野味 game; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
- 甜味 sweetness
- 入味 tasty; to be absorbed in something; interesting
- 提味 to improve taste; to make palatable
- 珍羞美味 a rare and delicious dishes
- 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
- 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
- 海味 seafood
- 风味(風味) flavor; style ; to savor ; charm
- 是味儿(是味兒) (of food) to have the right taste; (of people) to feel at ease
- 不是味儿(不是味兒) not the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off; fishy; queer; amiss; feel bad; be upset
- 美味牛肝菌 porcino (Boletus edulis)
- 京味 Beijing flavor; Beijing style
- 体味(體味) body odor; to appreciate a subtle taste
- 味蕾 taste bud(s)
- 趣味 an interest
- 值得品味 worth tasting; you should try it
- 没有品味(沒有品味) tasteless
- 香味 fragrance; bouquet
- 有滋有味 delicious; interesting; delightful; with relish
- 佳味 fine food
- 调味剂(調味劑) flavoring agent
- 乏味 tedious
- 三味线(三味線) shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
- 臭味 a bad smell; stink; fumes
- 原汁原味 original; authentic
- 甘味 sweetness; sweet taste
- 果味胶糖(果味膠糖) jujube
- 况味(況味) circumstances; atmosphere; mood
- 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
- 兼味 a variety of flavors
- 五味 five flavors ; five stages of making ghee
- 后味(後味) aftertaste
- 串味 to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor
- 山珍海味 exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
- 甘味剂(甘味劑) sweetener
- 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
- 达味(達味) David (name)
- 腻味(膩味) tired of; fed up; sick; (of a person) to annoy; tiresome
- 尝味(嘗味) to savor
- 调味料(調味料) seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
- 味噌 miso
- 不是滋味 to be upset; to feel disgusted
- 香味扑鼻(香味撲鼻) exotic odors assail the nostrils
- 走味儿(走味兒) to lose flavor
- 食髓知味 eat bone marrow [one time] and know the flavor
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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
- 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 幼官圖第九 Chapter 9: You Guan Tu 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
- 味咸 (味鹹) 其味咸 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 8
- 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
- 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
- 人味 (人味) 故使人味食然後食者 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷一 君道 Chapter 1: The Way of the Ruler — count: 4
- 知味 (知味) 鮮能知味也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — 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