wèi

taste

smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

mouth (口) + sound hint (未) = taste; flavor

The mouth is what perceives taste and smell — it is the entry point for flavor. 未 mainly lends the wèi sound; the mouth radical carries the meaning.

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MouthSemantic
Not yet (its literal meaning)Phonetic

这道菜的道很好,我很喜欢。

zhè dào cài de wèi dào hěn hǎo,wǒ hěn xǐ huān。

This dish tastes very good; I really like it.

汤里加了三药材,喝起来有点苦。

tāng lǐ jiā le sān wèi yào cái,hē qǐ lái yǒu diǎn kǔ。

Three medicinal ingredients were added to the soup, and it tastes a bit bitter.

Words with 味

达味

dá wèi

David (name)

达味王

dá wèi wáng

King David

酒味

jiǔ wèi

smell of alcohol

重口味

zhòng kǒu wèi

strong flavor (spicy, salty etc)

野味

yě wèi

game

铜臭味

tóng xiù wèi

profit-before-all-else mindset

开味

kāi wèi

whet the appetite

韵味

yùn wèi

implicit charm in rhyme or sound

风味

fēng wèi

distinctive flavor

食不知味

shí bù zhī wèi

lit. to eat without tasting the food

食之无味,弃之不甘

shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī bù gān

see 食之無味,棄之可惜|食之无味,弃之可惜[shi2 zhi1 wu2 wei4 , qi4 zhi1 ke3 xi1]

食之无味,弃之可惜

shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī

lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)

More characters with 口