味道

Chinese

		taste	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
simp. and trad. (味道)		味	道
Literally: “to savour the principles”.

Note: The verb sense is only read with the reading "wèidào", with emphases on both syllables.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: wei⁴ dao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uidao
  - IPA ^(key): /uei²¹³ tau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁶ dou⁶
  - Yale: meih douh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁶ dou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁶ dou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /mei̯²² tou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi-tho
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi to
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi⁴ to⁴
  - IPA: /mi⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ê-dô̤
  - IPA ^(key): /i²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɔ²⁴²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō͘
  - Tâi-lô: bī-tōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixdo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō
  - Tâi-lô: bī-tō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bixdoi
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ to²²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: mi dau (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /mi²² d̻ɔ⁴⁴/

味道

flavour; taste
品嘗味道 / 品尝味道 ― pǐncháng wèidào ― to taste the flavour

要什麼味道的冰淇淋？ [MSC, trad.]
要什么味道的冰淇淋？ [MSC, simp.]
Yào shénme wèidào de bīngqílín? [Pinyin]
What flavour of ice cream would you like?
1. (figuratively) taste of cooking; food
媽媽的味道 / 妈妈的味道 ― māma de wèidào ― the taste of mum's cooking
smell (Classifier: 股 m)
菜有股味道。 ― Cài yǒu gǔ wèidào. ― The dish smells rotten.
(figuratively) interest
越看越有味道 ― yuè kàn yuè yǒu wèidào ― the more one reads, the more intriguing [the book] becomes
(figuratively) particular sense or feeling
有點諷刺的味道 / 有点讽刺的味道 ― yǒudiǎn fěngcì de wèidào ― have a touch of sarcasm

Dialectal synonyms of 味道 (“taste; flavour”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		味道
Mandarin	Beijing	味兒
	Taiwan	味道, 味
	Jinan	味兒
	Xi'an	味道
	Wuhan	味口, 味
	Chengdu	味道
	Yangzhou	味道
	Hefei	味道
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味道, 味
	Hong Kong	味道, 味
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	味道
	Yangjiang	味
Gan	Nanchang	味道
Hakka	Meixian	味道
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味緒, 味道
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	味緒, 味道
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	味緒, 味道
	Dongshi (Dabu)	味緒, 味道
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	味緒, 味道
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	味素, 味緒, 味道
	Hong Kong	味
	Singkawang	味
Jin	Taiyuan	味兒, 味道
Min Bei	Jian'ou	味道
Min Dong	Fuzhou	味
Min Nan	Xiamen	味, 味素
	Quanzhou	味, 味素
	Zhangzhou	味, 味素
	Penang	味素
	Chaozhou	味素, 味道
Wu	Suzhou	味道
Wu	Wenzhou	味道
Xiang	Changsha	味道
Xiang	Shuangfeng	味道

Dialectal synonyms of 氣味 (“smell; odour”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		氣味
Mandarin	Beijing	味兒
	Taiwan	味
	Jinan	味兒
	Xi'an	味兒, 味氣
	Wuhan	氣味, 氣色
	Chengdu	氣氣, 味道
	Yangzhou	味道
	Hefei	味道, 氣味
Cantonese	Guangzhou	味, 𡃴
	Hong Kong	味, 𡃴
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	𡃴
	Yangjiang	味, 𡃴
Gan	Nanchang	氣味
Hakka	Meixian	味道, 氣味
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	味道, 氣味
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	味道, 氣味
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	味道, 氣味
	Dongshi (Dabu)	味道, 氣味
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	味道, 氣味
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	味道, 氣味
	Hong Kong	味
Jin	Taiyuan	味氣
Min Bei	Jian'ou	味道, 氣色
Min Dong	Fuzhou	味
Min Nan	Xiamen	味, 味素
	Quanzhou	味, 味素
	Zhangzhou	味
	Chaozhou	味, 味素, 羶, 氣味
Wu	Suzhou	味道, 氣味
Wu	Wenzhou	氣道
Xiang	Changsha	氣色, 味道, 氣味
Xiang	Shuangfeng	氣色, 氣

味道

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