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味

Mandarin · pinyin wèi

taste
smell
(fig.) (noun suffix) feel
quality
sense
(TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

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味: wèi · taste, smell, odor; delicacy

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taste; flavor
smell; odor (Classifier: 股 m; 𠹻 c)
food
to taste; to reflect on; to experience
interest; fun; taste
Classifier for ingredients of a Chinese medicine prescription.
Classifier for dishes.
(Cantonese) Classifier for things: kind; sort
(particle physics) flavor
(Xiamen Hokkien, Puxian Min) to differentiate the flavor

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