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')

Contained in

• 走味 to lose flavor
• 酒味 smell of alcohol; flavoring of rum or other liquor in food; aroma or nose (of wine)
• 单调乏味(單調乏味) monotonous; dull; tedious
• 达味王(達味王) King David
• 腻味(膩味) tired of; fed up; sick; (of a person) to annoy; tiresome
• 有滋有味 delicious; interesting; delightful; with relish
• 五味俱全 a complete gamut of all five flavors; every flavor under the sun
• 食不知味 eat without tasting the food; downhearted
• 跑味 to lose flavor
• 吃味 to be jealous; to envy
• 乏味 tedious
• 尝味(嘗味) to savor
• 寻味(尋味) to think something over
• 淡泊寡味 insipid and tasteless
• 美味牛肝菌 porcino (Boletus edulis)
• 后味(後味) aftertaste
• 味儿(味兒) taste; flavor ; an odor; a scent; a smell ; interest ; significance
• 无味(無味) tasteless; odorless
• 味蕾 taste bud(s)
• 耐人寻味(耐人尋味) worth thinking over
• 野味 game; wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
• 韵味(韻味) implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
• 索然无味(索然無味) insipid; uninteresting
• 一味 with single-mindedness ; always
• 玩味 to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
• 矫味剂(矯味劑) corrective agent; flavoring agent
• 色香味俱全 to smell, look and taste great
• 臭味 a bad smell; stink; fumes
• 甜味剂(甜味劑) sweetener (food additive)
• 京味 Beijing flavor; Beijing style
• 调味剂(調味劑) flavoring agent
• 鲜味(鮮味) umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
• 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
• 意味 significance; implication ; an interest
• 苦味 bitter taste; bitterness ; a bitter taste; bitterness
• 气味(氣味) odor; scent; smell ; temperament; disposition ; flavor ; circumstances ; manner; bearing
• 五味子 schizandra; Magnolia vine
• 山珍海味 exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
• 骚味(騷味) foul smell
• 异味(異味) unpleasant odor
• 食不遑味 to capable of appreciating food and drink
• 趣味 an interest
• 珍味 a rare delicacy
• 蒜味 garlic odor
• 风味(風味) flavor; style ; to savor ; charm
• 入味 tasty; to be absorbed in something; interesting
• 五味杂陈(五味雜陳) with complex feelings
• 别有韵味(別有韻味) to have quite a lasting charm
• 味觉(味覺) taste sense; palate
• 人情味儿(人情味兒) human warmth

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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
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 《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
• 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — 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
• 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
• 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