味
wèi HSK2

taste

味 wèi
taste noun
the physical sensation of flavor or smell

这种药的苦味要在嘴里停留很久。

zhè zhǒng yào de kǔ​wèi yào zài zuǐ lǐ tíng​liú hěn jiǔ.

The bitter taste of this medicine lingers in the mouth for a long time.

ingredient classifier measure word
a classifier for ingredients in a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) prescription

这帖中药一共由十二味药组成。

zhè tiě zhōng​yào yī​gòng yóu shí'èr wèi yào zǔ​chéng.

This dose of Chinese herbal medicine consists of twelve ingredients.

quality verb
an abstract sense, feeling, or characteristic, often used as a noun suffix

这首诗里透着一股浓浓的泥土味。

zhè shǒu shī lǐ tòu zhe yī gǔ nóng​nóng de ní​tǔ wèi.

This poem has a strong earthy feel to it.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)