味
taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
Example Sentences
别看它长得丑，味道可好了。
bié kàn tā zhǎng dé chǒu, wèi dào kě hǎo le.
Don't look at its ugly appearance, it tastes really good.
冰箱里的剩菜坏了，发出一股臭味。
bīng xiāng lǐ de shèng cài huài le, fā chū yī gǔ chòu wèi.
The leftover food in the fridge has gone bad and emits a foul smell.
北京的老胡同儿很有文化味道。
běi jīng de lǎo hú tòng ér hěn yǒu wén huà wèi dào.
The old small alleys in Beijing are full of cultural flavor.
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Related Words & Compounds
taste, flavor
taste, flavor
monosodium glutamate
sense of taste / gustation
taste bud(s)
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso") / also pr. [wei4 zeng1]
mirin, a Japanese cooking wine
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid
miso soup
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