滋味

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	taste
simp. and trad. (滋味)		滋	味

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zīwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mei⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-mi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chir-bī / chu-bī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze¹ bhi⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy-mi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihwèi
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: dz̄-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywey
    • Palladius: цзывэй (czyvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (滋味兒／滋味儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zīwèir
    • Zhuyin: ㄗ ㄨㄟˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zihwèir
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ¹-wei⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dz̄-wèir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywell
    • Palladius: цзывэйр (czyvɛjr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wəɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ mei⁶
    • Yale: jī meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii´ mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ mi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tsir-bī
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ bi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-bī
    • Tâi-lô: tsu-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zu'bi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze¹ bhi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ bī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ bi¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy-mi
    • MiniDict: tsy^平 mi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr-mi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ mi²¹/

Noun

滋味

1. (literally) taste; flavor
2. (figuratively) feeling; experience

   他知道沒有朋友的滋味。 [MSC, trad.]
   他知道没有朋友的滋味。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zhīdào méiyǒu péngyǒu de zīwèi. [Pinyin]

   He knows what it's like to be without friends.

   • 別有一番滋味 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     别有一番滋味 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李煜《相見歡》

     biéyǒu yīfān zīwèi [Pinyin]

     a different feeling

3. (archaic) delicious food; fine cuisine; scrumptious dishes

Synonyms

• (taste):

Dialectal synonyms of 味道 (“taste; flavour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		味
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		滋味, 味道, 風味, 口味
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	味兒
	Taiwan	味道, 味
	Singapore	味道, 味
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	味兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	味道
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	味道
	Wuhan	味口, 味
	Guilin	味道
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	味道
	Hefei	味道
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味道, 味
	Hong Kong	味道, 味
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	味道
	Yangjiang	味
	Singapore (Guangfu)	味道, 味
Gan	Nanchang	味道
Hakka	Meixian	味道
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味緒, 味道
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	味緒, 味道
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	味緒, 味道
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	味緒, 味道
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	味緒, 味道
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	味素, 味緒, 味道
	Hong Kong	味
	Singkawang	味
Jin	Taiyuan	味兒, 味道
Northern Min	Jian'ou	味道
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	味
Southern Min	Xiamen	味, 味素
	Quanzhou	味, 味素
	Zhangzhou	味, 味素
	Penang (Hokkien)	味素
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味素, 味
	Manila (Hokkien)	味, 味素
	Chaozhou	味素, 味道, 味
	Shantou	味道, 味素
	Jieyang	味, 味素
Wu	Shanghai	吃口
	Suzhou	味道
	Wenzhou	味道
Xiang	Changsha	味道
	Shuangfeng	味道

• (feeling):

• 感受 (gǎnshòu)
• 感想 (gǎnxiǎng)
• 感觸／感触 (gǎnchù)
• 觀感／观感 (guāngǎn)

 

• (delicious food):

• 甘脆 (gāncuì) (literary)
• 美味 (měiwèi)
• 美食 (měishí)
• 鮮味／鲜味 (xiānwèi)

 

Derived terms

• 不是滋味 (bùshì zīwèi)
• 個中滋味／个中滋味

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (滋味):

• → Japanese: 滋味(じみ) (jimi)

Others:

• → Korean: 재미 (jaemi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滋	味
じ Grade: 4	み Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

滋(じ)味(み) • (jimi) 

1. nutriment, nourishment
2. savoriness, deep flavor