HSK 6 · Food

滋味 zīwèi “taste” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 滋味 means

  1. taste
  2. flavour
  3. feeling

How to say 滋味

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale滋zī1st 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

滋味 in a sentence

  1. 它的滋味真的很好。

    Tā de zīwèi zhēn de hěn hǎo.

    It tastes really good.

    Sentence #824542 from Tatoeba

  2. 我不知道乡愁的滋味。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao xiāngchóu de zīwèi.

    I don’t know what it feels like to be homesick.

    Sentence #1426433 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你尝过真正饥饿的滋味吗？

    Nǐ chángguo zhēnzhèng jī'è de zīwèi ma?

    Have you ever known the taste of real hunger?

    Sentence #1573176 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 滋味 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 滋 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
滋zīto grow
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 兹now · cíSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 兹 (cí) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

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 滋味

滋 12 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.

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

Words related to 滋味

Words with 滋

滋润zīrùn · moist

Words with 味

味道wèidao · flavour口味kǒuwèi · taste风味fēngwèi · local flavour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

冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream叉子chāzi · fork炒chǎo · to sauté醋cù · vinegar酗酒xùjiǔ · to drink heavily饮食yǐnshí · diet油腻yóunì · greasy粥zhōu · porridge

FAQs

滋味 (zīwèi) means “taste” or “flavour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zīwèi: zī 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.
Yes. 滋味 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ziwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 滋味 from the suggestions. Typing ziwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
滋味 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.