滋味

Chinese

		excite; nourish; this	taste
simp. and trad. (滋味)		滋	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zīwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ mei⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ̂-mi
Min Nan (POJ): chir-bī / chu-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zīwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzywey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (滋味兒／滋味儿)⁺
  - Pinyin: zīwèir
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyweill
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵⁵ wəɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi¹ mei⁶
  - Yale: jī meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ méi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ mei̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ̂-mi
  - Hakka Romanization System: zii´ mi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zi¹ mi⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sɨ²⁴⁻¹¹ mi⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chir-bī
  - Tâi-lô: tsir-bī
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ³³ bi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu-bī
  - Tâi-lô: tsu-bī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zu'bi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/

Noun

滋味

taste; flavor
feeling

別有一番滋味 / 别有一番滋味 ― biéyǒu yīfān zīwèi ― a different feeling

他知道沒有朋友的滋味。 [MSC, trad.]
他知道没有朋友的滋味。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zhīdào méiyǒu péngyǒu de zīwèi. [Pinyin]
He knows what it's like to be without friends.
(archaic) delicious food

Synonyms

(delicious food): (literary) 甘脆 (gāncuì), 美味 (měiwèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滋	味
じ Grade: S	み Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

滋味 (hiragana じみ, rōmaji jimi)

nutriment, nourishment
savoriness, deep flavor

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