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- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- smell of alcohol
- flavoring of rum or other liquor in food
- aroma or nose (of wine)
- the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
- all kinds of flavors
- authentic taste
- plain cooked
- natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
- to sample; to taste
- to appreciate
- one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste
- miso (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 味噌 "miso")
- also pr. [wei4 zeng1]
- flavor; taste
- (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
- (fig.) interest; delight
- (dialect) smell; odor
Trad. 燒味
- siu mei; Cantonese-style barbecue (roasted meats, such as pork, duck or chicken, seasoned and cooked to a crispy, flavorful finish)
- tangerine flavor
- yuri (genre of fiction featuring lesbian romantic or sexual relationships)
Trad. 膩味
- tired of; fed up with; sick of
- (of a person) to annoy; to be tiresome
Trad. 火藥味
- smell of gunpowder
- (fig.) combative tone
- belligerence
- (Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
Trad. 單味藥
- medicine made from a single herb
- drug made from a single substance
- strong flavor (spicy, salty etc)
- (of food) strongly flavored
- (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors
- (slang) intense
- hardcore
Trad. 是味兒
- (of food) to have the right taste
- (of people) to feel at ease
Trad. 三味線
- shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
Trad. 豬膻味
- boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
- flavorsome
- (fig.) delightful
- full of interest
- to share vile habits
- partners in notoriety
- birds of a feather
- with keen interest (idiom)
- with great pleasure
- with gusto
- eagerly
- exotic delicacies
- luxury foodstuff from distant locations
- lit. to eat without tasting the food
- worried or downhearted (idiom)
- a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
Trad. 公豬異味
- boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
Trad. 珍饈美味
- delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
Trad. 人情味兒
- erhua variant of 人情味[ren2 qing2 wei4]
Trad. 味同嚼蠟
- lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- fig. tasteless; insipid
Trad. 含味雋永
- fine, lasting flavor (of literature)
- vermouth (loanword)
- Italian spiced fortified wine
Trad. 沒人味兒
- erhua variant of 沒人味|没人味[mei2 ren2 wei4]
Trad. 回味無窮
- to have a rich aftertaste
- (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory
Trad. 香味撲鼻
- exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
Trad. 耐人尋味
- (idiom) thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
Trad. 不是味兒
- not the right flavor
- not quite right
- a bit off
- fishy
- queer
- amiss
- feel bad
- be upset
Trad. 火藥味甚濃
- strong smell of gunpowder
- fig. tense situation
- standoff
- to smell, look and taste great
Trad. 食之無味，棄之不甘
- 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]
Trad. 食之無味，棄之可惜
- lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
- fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them