味 (mei6 | wei4) : taste; flavour; smell; interest; reflect on

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味

mei6

wei4

[1] [n] taste; flavour; delicacy
[2] [n] smell; odour; scent
[3] [n] interest; relish; mood
[4] [v] reflect on; ponder/chew over
[5] [classifier] ingredient (herbs); dish (food)

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

味

Don't confuse with:
咩

This word has been viewed 17852 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Oct 2013 05:23

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騷味 sou1 mei6 sao1 wei4 = a foul odor

味道 mei6 dou6 wei4 dao5 = taste, flavour, smell

好味 hou2 mei6 = delicious; good to eat

美味 mei5 mei6 mei3 wei4 = delicious; tasty

海味 hoi2 mei6*2 = dried seafood

品味 ban2 mei6 pin3 wei4 = taste

男人味 naam4 jan4*2 mei6 nan2 ren2 wei4 = masculine; man smell

老味 lou5 mei6*2 = euphemism for 老母粵

鮮味 sin1 mei6 = fresh flavour; umami (the fifth basic taste [MSG])

味精 mei6 zing1 wei4 jing1 = monosodium glutamate (MSG)
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Showing all 5 examples containing 味

你唔覺得香蕉味好怪? 粵
Don't you think bananas taste weird?

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

佢嘅穿著好有品味。粵
(s)He has a good taste in clothes.
[Literally: His/Her (way of) wearing (clothes) really has taste [in other words: "is very tasteful"]. instead of "佢嘅穿著", you may also say "佢嘅衣著/佢著衫".]

落啲薑蔥就可以辟走陣魚腥味。粵
Drop in some ginger and scallion , can get rid of the fishy smell.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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