味 (mei6) — interest; relish; mood in Cantonese

meiˍ₆味

Mandarin Pinyin: wei4

Meaning of 味

nouninterest; relish; mood

nountaste; flavour; delicacy

nounsmell; odour; scent

nouningredient (herbs); dish (food)

nounreflect on; ponder/chew over

noun(noun) 1. unit of dishes; (adverb) only

Example Sentences with 味

leiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔gok˗₃覺dakˉ¹得hoengˉ¹香ziuˉ¹蕉meiˍ₆味houˊ²好gwaai3?怪?

Don't you think bananas taste weird?

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠

The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫

I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

keoiˏ₅佢ge˗₃嘅cyunˉ¹穿zoek˗₃著houˊ²好jauˏ₅有banˊ²品meiˍ₆味。

(s)He has a good taste in clothes.

lokˍ₆落diˉ¹啲goengˉ¹薑cungˉ¹蔥zauˍ₆就hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以pikˉ¹辟zauˊ²走zanˍ₆陣jyuˎ₄魚sengˉ¹腥meiˍ₆味。

Drop in some ginger and scallion , can get rid of the fishy smell.

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Words Containing 味

有趣味jau5 ceoi3 mei6

interesting (personally)

跑味paau2 mei6

to lose flavor

乏味fat6 mei6

uninteresting; boring; dull; insipid, drab, tasteless | [粵]: 寡

原汁原味jyun4 zap1 jyun4 mei6

maintain the original flavor; exactly

好味hou2 mei6

delicious; good to eat

返尋味faan1 cam4 mei6

(originally of food) to return in search of the taste or fragrance which was a good experience previously

鹹味粥haam4 mei6 zuk1

a dirty joke (lit., "salty tasting gruel")

啱口味ngaam1 hau2 mei6

suits the appetite

桂林風味蝦gwai3 lam4 fung1 mei6 haa1

piquancy; pungency; peppery taste

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