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Flavor in Chinese

flavor · HSK 4

味 wèi

这道菜味太淡了。 This dish is too bland.

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How do you say flavor in Chinese?

Flavor in Chinese is 味 (wèi). You can also say 味道 (wèi dao), 口味 (kǒu wèi), 口 (kǒu), 色彩 (sè cǎi).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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