口味

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	taste
simp. and trad. (口味)		口	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² mei⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiéu-mi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khió-bī / kháu-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-wei⁴
    • Yale: kǒu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koouwey
    • Palladius: коувэй (kouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² mei⁶
    • Yale: háu meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiéu-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: kieu^ˋ mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kieu³ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯eu̯³¹ mi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khió-bī
    • Tâi-lô: khió-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qioy'bi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kháu-bī
    • Tâi-lô: kháu-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaw'bi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/

Noun

口味

1. taste; flavour

   我想換個口味。／我想换个口味。  ―  Wǒ xiǎng huàn ge kǒuwèi.  ―  I'd like to try a new flavour.

2. (figurative, by extension) one's personal taste, preferences or interests

   你的口味很重。  ―  Nǐ de kǒuwèi hěn zhòng.  ―  You have unusual tastes.

Synonyms

• (taste):

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

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

• (preferences):

edit

• 偏嗜 (piānshì)
• 喜好 (xǐhào)
• 嗜好 (shìhào)
• 愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
• 癖好 (pǐhào)
• 胃口 (wèikǒu) (figurative)
• 興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)

Derived terms

• 重口味 (zhòngkǒuwèi)