味道

Chinese

		taste	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (味道)		味	道
simp. #(味道)		味	道
Literally: “to savour the principles”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wèidào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei⁴ dao⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): видо (vido, III-I) / видо (vido, III-0)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁶ dou⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mi-tho
• Eastern Min (BUC): ê-dô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bī-tō͘ / bī-tō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi⁷ dao⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mi-dau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèidào → wèidao (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèidåo
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tao⁵
    • Yale: wèi-dau
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey.daw
    • Palladius: вэйдао (vɛjdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /weɪ̯⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/

Note: The verb sense is only read with the reading "wèidào", with emphases on both syllables.

• • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: wei⁴ dao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uidao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uei²¹³ tau²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: видо (vido, III-I) / видо (vido, III-0)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /vi⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/, /vi⁴⁴ tɔ⁰/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: meih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² tou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi-tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴ to⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ê-dô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō͘
    • Tâi-lô: bī-tōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixdo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō
    • Tâi-lô: bī-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bixdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ to²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhi⁷ dao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī tău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bi¹¹ tau³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mi-dau
    • MiniDict: mi^去 dau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mi-dau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² dɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 味道

1. flavour; taste

   品嘗味道／品尝味道  ―  pǐncháng wèidào  ―  to taste the flavour

   要什麼味道的冰淇淋？ [MSC, trad.]
   要什么味道的冰淇淋？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yào shénme wèidào de bīngqílín? [Pinyin]

   What flavour of ice cream would you like?

   1. (figurative) taste of cooking; food

   媽媽的味道／妈妈的味道  ―  māma de wèidào  ―  the taste of mum's cooking

2. smell; odour (Classifier: 股 m)

   菜有股味道。  ―  Cài yǒu gǔ wèidào.  ―  The dish smells rotten.

3. (figurative) interest

   越看越有味道  ―  yuè kàn yuè yǒu wèidào  ―  the more one reads, the more intriguing [the book] becomes

4. (figurative) particular sense or feeling

   有點諷刺的味道／有点讽刺的味道  ―  yǒudiǎn fěngcì de wèidào  ―  have a touch of sarcasm

Synonyms

• (flavour): 風味／风味 (fēngwèi), 口味 (kǒuwèi), 滋味 (zīwèi)

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
Mandarin	Beijing	味兒
	Taiwan	味道, 味
	Jinan	味兒
	Xi'an	味道
	Wuhan	味口, 味
	Chengdu	味道
	Guilin	味道
	Yangzhou	味道
	Hefei	味道
	Singapore	味道, 味
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
	Jieyang	味, 味素
Wu	Shanghai	吃口
	Suzhou	味道
	Wenzhou	味道
Xiang	Changsha	味道
	Shuangfeng	味道

• (smell):

Dialectal synonyms of 氣味 (“smell; odour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		氣息, 臭味, 氣
Mandarin	Beijing	味兒
	Taiwan	味
	Jinan	味兒
	Xi'an	味兒, 味氣
	Wuhan	氣味, 氣色
	Chengdu	氣氣, 味道
	Yangzhou	味道
	Hefei	味道, 氣味
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	味味子, 味味兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味, 𡃴
	Hong Kong	味, 𡃴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𡃴
	Yangjiang	味, 𡃴
Gan	Nanchang	氣味
Hakka	Meixian	味道, 氣味
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味道, 氣味
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	味道, 氣味
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	味道, 氣味
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	味道, 氣味
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	味道, 氣味
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	味道, 氣味
	Hong Kong	味
Jin	Taiyuan	味氣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	味道, 氣色
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	味
Southern Min	Xiamen	味, 味素
	Quanzhou	味, 味素
	Zhangzhou	味
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味, 味素, 峇羽
	Manila (Hokkien)	味, 味素
	Chaozhou	味, 味素, 羶, 氣味
Wu	Suzhou	味道, 氣味
	Wenzhou	氣道
Xiang	Changsha	氣色, 味道, 氣味
	Shuangfeng	氣色, 氣

Verb

味道

1. (archaic) to observe the rules; to savour the reasons; to perceive the truth

(deprecated template usage)