味儿 (wèi ér) — taste, flavor (colloquial)

Definition

noun

tasteflavor (colloquial)

味儿，。
Zhè ge cài yǒu wèi ér, hěn hǎo chī.
This dish has flavor; it's delicious.
，味儿。
Nǐ cháng cháng, kàn kàn shì shén me wèi ér.
Taste it and see what flavor it is.
味儿。
Zhè jiǔ yǒu yì gǔ tè bié de wèi ér.
This wine has a special taste to it.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

儿ércolloquial

The 味 'taste' with 儿 gives the colloquial sense of flavor.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口未味

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

未

Same sound today

味 combines 口 (mouth) with 未, which gives the sound wèi; the mouth part relates to taste.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 儿 is a simple drawing of a standing person, used as an alternate form of the character for person.

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