有味

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	taste
trad. (有味)		有	味
simp. #(有味)		有	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ mei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: yu³-wei⁴
    • Yale: yǒu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeouwey
    • Palladius: ювэй (juvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵ mei⁶
    • Yale: yáuh meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ mei̯²²/

Adjective

有味

1. interesting; absorbing; engaging; delightful
2. delicious; delectable; tasty; scrumptious; yummy

Synonyms

• (interesting):

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• 咧斗 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 扎勁 (⁷tsaq-cin) (Shanghainese)
• 有局 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 有意思 (yǒuyìsi)
• 有趣 (yǒuqù)
• 生趣 (Hakka)
• 趣味 (chhù-bī) (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 逗 (dòu)

 

• (delicious):

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• 可口 (kěkǒu)
• 好吃
• 好味 (hou² mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 好食 (Cantonese, Min, Hakka, Min, Waxiang, Min)
• 好饁／好馌 (hǎu-iè) (Northern Min)
• 惹味 (je⁵ mei⁶) (Cantonese)
• 美味 (měiwèi)

 

Derived terms

• 有味兒／有味儿
• 有味電影／有味电影
• 有滋有味兒／有滋有味儿
• 津津有味 (jīnjīnyǒuwèi)

 

Verb

有味

1. to smell strange; to give off an unpleasant odour

Derived terms

• 睬你都有味 (coi² nei⁵ dou¹ jau⁵ mei⁶) (Cantonese)