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Translation

wèi = w + ei4: taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Mnemonic

Willy Walrus (w) is wondering about that strange smell (味) in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower (ei4). He can't quite place it. The smell is from Ai Weiwei's (未) new installation: A tower of mandarins (口).

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味 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
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Characters with 味 as component

味 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 味

a person's preferences / tastes (in food) / flavor
human warmth / friendliness / human touch
blindly / invariably
tasty / to be absorbed in sth / interesting
a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
with complex feelings (idiom)
Beijing flavor / Beijing style
erhua variant of 人情味[ren2 qing2 wei4]
worth tasting / you should try it
to have quite a lasting charm
authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
(Tw) traditional style / old-fashioned feel / flavor of yesteryear
shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset
to be upset / to feel disgusted
to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor
the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors

Sentences with 味

ǎn
xia̅n
cháng
cháng
shén
me
zi̅
wèi