五味

Chinese

		five	taste
simp. and trad. (五味)		五	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ mei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-mi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngó͘-bī / gō͘-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔwèi
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-wei⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuwey
    • Palladius: увэй (uvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ mei⁶
    • Yale: ńgh meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ mei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-mi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ng` mi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ng³ mi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ mi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngó͘-bī
    • Tâi-lô: ngóo-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngofbi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō͘-bī
    • Tâi-lô: gōo-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goxbi
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡɔ³³⁻¹¹ bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɔ³³⁻²¹ bi³³/

Noun

五味

1. the five flavours

   五味指酸、甜、苦、辣、鹹五種味道。 [MSC, trad.]
   五味指酸、甜、苦、辣、咸五种味道。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǔwèi zhǐ suān, tián, kǔ, là, xián wǔ zhǒng wèidào. [Pinyin]

   The five flavours include sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, hot and salty.

2. (by extension) all sorts of flavours

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	味
ご Grade: 1	み Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ご​み [góꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1]) (noun)
• (Tokyo) ごみ [gòmí] (Heiban – [0]) (proper noun)
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞mʲi]

Noun

五(ご)味(み) • (gomi) 

1. the five tastes

Proper noun

五(ご)味(み) • (Gomi) 

1. a surname

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
五	味

Noun

五味

1. chữ Hán form of ngũ vị (“the five flavours”).