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

• 土味情话(土味情話) cheesy pick-up lines
• 火药味(火藥味) smell of gunpowder; () combative tone; belligerence
• 食不遑味 to capable of appreciating food and drink
• 调味汁(調味汁) dressing; sauce
• 品味生活 to appreciate life
• 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
• 佳味 fine food
• 调味品(調味品) seasoning; flavoring
• 没人味(沒人味) to be lacking in human character
• 甘味剂(甘味劑) sweetener
• 寻味(尋味) to think something over
• 意味 significance; implication ; an interest
• 蒜味 garlic odor
• 值得品味 worth tasting; you should try it
• 食不知味 eat without tasting the food; downhearted
• 食髓知味 eat bone marrow [one time] and know the flavor
• 别有韵味(別有韻味) to have quite a lasting charm
• 重口味 intense; hardcore
• 香味扑鼻(香味撲鼻) exotic odors assail the nostrils
• 臭味相投 to share vile habits; partners in notoriety; birds of a feather
• 后味(後味) aftertaste
• 不是滋味 to be upset; to feel disgusted
• 三味线(三味線) shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
• 骚味(騷味) foul smell
• 洋味 Western taste; Western style
• 乏味 tedious
• 涩味(澀味) acerbic (taste); astringent
• 调味(調味) seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
• 索然无味(索然無味) insipid; uninteresting
• 串味 to become tainted with the smell of something else; to pick up an odor
• 玩味 to ruminate; to ponder subtleties
• 山珍海味 exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
• 异味(異味) unpleasant odor
• 调味肉汁(調味肉汁) gravy
• 食不终味(食不終味) unable to appreciating the taste
• 无味(無味) tasteless; odorless
• 五味杂陈(五味雜陳) with complex feelings
• 味素 monosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 是味儿(是味兒) (of food) to have the right taste; (of people) to feel at ease
• 甜味 sweetness
• 索然寡味 dull and insipid
• 走味 to lose flavor
• 芝兰气味(芝蘭氣味) the sweet fragrance of lingzhi and orchids; pleasant company
• 京味 Beijing flavor; Beijing style
• 淡泊寡味 insipid and tasteless
• 调味料(調味料) seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences
• 五味 five flavors
• 味道 flavor
• 兼味 a variety of flavors
• 香味 fragrance; bouquet

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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
• 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials Guanzi 管子 — count: 8
• 卷四十二 Scroll 42 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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