口くち味あじ

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	taste
simp. and trad. (口くち味あじ)		口くち	味あじ

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 Meinong)
    • 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

口くち味あじ

1. taste; flavour

   我わが想そう換かわ個こ口くち味あじ。／我わが想そう换个口くち味あじ。  ―  Wǒ xiǎng huàn ge kǒuwèi.  ―  I'd like to try a new flavour.

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

   你的てき口くち味あじ很重おも。  ―  Nǐ de kǒuwèi hěn zhòng.  ―  You have unusual tastes.

Synonyms

• (taste):

Dialectal synonyms of 味あじ道どう (“taste; flavour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		味あじ
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		滋味じみ, 味あじ道どう, 風味ふうみ, 口くち味あじ
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	味あじ兒じ
	Taiwan	味あじ道どう, 味あじ
	Singapore	味あじ道どう, 味あじ
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	味あじ兒じ
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	味あじ道どう
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	味あじ道どう
	Wuhan	味あじ口こう, 味あじ
	Guilin	味あじ道どう
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	味あじ道どう
	Hefei	味あじ道どう
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味あじ道どう, 味あじ
	Hong Kong	味あじ道どう, 味あじ
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	味あじ道どう
	Yangjiang	味あじ
	Singapore (Guangfu)	味あじ道どう, 味あじ
Gan	Nanchang	味あじ道どう
Hakka	Meixian	味あじ道どう
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	味あじ素もと, 味あじ緒いとぐち, 味あじ道どう
	Hong Kong	味あじ
	Singkawang	味あじ
Jin	Taiyuan	味あじ兒じ, 味あじ道どう
Northern Min	Jian'ou	味あじ道どう
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	味あじ
Southern Min	Xiamen	味あじ, 味あじ素もと
	Quanzhou	味あじ, 味あじ素もと
	Zhangzhou	味あじ, 味あじ素もと
	Penang (Hokkien)	味あじ素もと
	Singapore (Hokkien)	味あじ素もと, 味あじ
	Manila (Hokkien)	味あじ, 味あじ素もと
	Chaozhou	味あじ素もと, 味あじ道どう, 味あじ
	Shantou	味あじ道どう, 味あじ素もと
	Jieyang	味あじ, 味あじ素もと
Wu	Shanghai	吃ども口くち
	Suzhou	味あじ道どう
	Wenzhou	味あじ道どう
Xiang	Changsha	味あじ道どう
	Shuangfeng	味あじ道どう

• (preferences):

edit

• 偏へん嗜 (piānshì)
• 喜好きよし (xǐhào)
• 嗜好しこう (shìhào)
• 愛好あいこう／爱好 (àihào)
• 癖くせ好このみ (pǐhào)
• 胃い口こう (wèikǒu) (figurative)
• 興趣きょうしゅ／兴趣 (xìngqù)

 

Derived terms

• 重じゅう口くち味あじ (zhòngkǒuwèi)