HSK 6 · Food

风味 fēngwèi “local flavour” in Chinese

Traditional 風味

What 风味 means

  1. local flavour
  2. distinctive style
  3. distinctive flavour

How to say 风味

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale味wèi4th tone, falling

风味 in a sentence

  1. 这家店的菜很有家乡风味。

    Zhè jiā diàn de cài hěn yǒu jiāxiāng fēngwèi.

    The food at this restaurant really tastes of home.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我想尝尝各地的风味小吃。

    Wǒ xiǎng chángchang gèdì de fēngwèi xiǎochī.

    I want to try local snacks from all over the country.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 风味 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

The character 味 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
味wèitaste
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 未part of the characterSound part

How to write 风味

风 4 strokes · 味 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

风味 (fēngwèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 风味 (fēngwèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 风味

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风险fēngxiǎn · risk风俗fēngsú · social custom风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty威风wēifēng · impressive

Words with 味

味道wèidao · flavour口味kǒuwèi · taste滋味zīwèi · taste趣味qùwèi · interest气味qìwèi · smell意味着yìwèizhe · to mean津津有味jīnjīnyǒuwèi · with relish

More words: Food & Dining

橙chéng · orange (fruit)蛋白质dànbáizhì · protein稻谷dàogǔ · rice (unhusked)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish烘hōng · to bake荤hūn · meat dish家常jiācháng · home-style煎jiān · to pan-fry

FAQs

风味 (fēngwèi) means “local flavour” or “distinctive style”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēngwèi: fēng with a 1st tone, then wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 风味 is written 風味. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 风味 from the suggestions. Typing fengwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
风味 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.