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')
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- 香味 fragrance; bouquet
- 味蕾 taste bud(s)
- 卤味(滷味) food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
- 原味 authentic taste; plain cooked; natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
- 玩味 to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
- 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
- 口味 tastes; flavor
- 烧味(燒味) siu mei
- 果味胶糖(果味膠糖) jujube
- 风味(風味) flavor; style ; to savor ; charm
- 别有韵味(別有韻味) to have quite a lasting charm
- 品味生活 to appreciate life
- 乏味 tedious
- 值得品味 worth tasting; you should try it
- 气味(氣味) odor; scent; smell ; temperament; disposition ; flavor ; circumstances ; manner; bearing
- 洋味 Western taste; Western style
- 韵味(韻味) implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
- 吃味 to be jealous; to envy
- 不是滋味 to be upset; to feel disgusted
- 味觉(味覺) taste sense; palate
- 够味(夠味) just the right flavor; just right; just the thing; excellent
- 矫味剂(矯味劑) corrective agent; flavoring agent
- 食不终味(食不終味) unable to appreciating the taste
- 味道 flavor
- 跑味儿(跑味兒) to lose flavor
- 味噌汤(味噌湯) miso soup
- 况味(況味) circumstances; atmosphere; mood
- 没有品味(沒有品味) tasteless
- 鲜味(鮮味) umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
- 食不甘味 unable to appreciate aa sweet taste
- 达味王(達味王) King David
- 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
- 甘味 sweetness; sweet taste
- 其味无穷(其味無窮) its flavors are inexhaustible; its implications are inexhaustible
- 异味(異味) unpleasant odor
- 珍味 a rare delicacy
- 意味着(意味著) to signify; to mean; to imply
- 情味 feeling; flavor; sense
- 有味 tasty
- 家乡味(家鄉味) flavor of cooking from one's native place
- 无味(無味) tasteless; odorless
- 达味(達味) David (name)
- 含味隽永(含味雋永) fine, lasting flavor (of literature)
- 甜味 sweetness
- 耐人寻味(耐人尋味) worth thinking over
- 索然寡味 dull and insipid
- 枯燥无味(枯燥無味) tedious; dreary
- 甜味剂(甜味劑) sweetener (food additive)
- 涩味(澀味) acerbic (taste); astringent
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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
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — 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
- 味辛 (味辛) 其味辛 — 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
- 味酸 (味酸) 其味酸 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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