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mei6
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[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) Additional PoS: Show all nouns that can use this classifier Stroke count: 8
Level: 1
Radical: 口 (#30)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 咩 |
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This word has been viewed 14773 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 = a foul odor 味道 mei6 dou6 = taste, flavour, smell 好味 hou2 mei6 = delicious; good to eat 美味 mei5 mei6 = delicious; tasty 海味 hoi2 mei6*2 = dried seafood 品味 ban2 mei6 = taste 男人味 naam4 jan4*2 mei6 = 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 = monosodium glutamate (MSG) See all 88 compounds (CantoDict reports 90 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 5 examples containing 味
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".] Legend 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. |