味
wèi HSK2

taste

味 wèi
to savor verb
(bound form) to distinguish flavors or to experience and appreciate a meaning; to ponder or reflect upon
taste noun
the physical sensation produced by food in the mouth, such as sweetness or bitterness; flavor

肉味是从动物脂肪来的。

ròu wèi shì cóng dòng​wù zhī​fáng lái de.

The meat's taste comes from animal fat.

smell noun
the physical sensation perceived by the nose; odor or scent

你身上有烟味。

nǐ shēn​shang yǒu yān wèi.

You smell like cigarettes.

feeling noun
an abstract sense, quality, or interest; the deeper meaning or charm of something like a book or experience

他很有男人味。

tā hěn yǒu nán​rén wèi.

He's very manly.

delicacy
(bound form) a specific type of food or dish, such as seafood or game meat
[medicine]
(classifier) used for the number of ingredients in a traditional Chinese medicine prescription; also used for courses in a formal meal
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
844th most common 210.4 per million
Movie subtitles
560th most common 252.0 per million appears in 72% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
35.1 per million appears in 13% of films
Written text
58.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+5473

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)