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(wèi dào) - taste, flavour, smell in Mandarin

wèidào

Traditional: 味道

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Translation

taste, flavour, smell

Word origin

A compound of 味 (wèi, taste or flavour) and 道 (dào, way), where 道 here works as a noun suffix, together meaning taste, flavour or smell.

Origin
compound
Root
味 (wèi, taste, flavour) + 道 (dào, way, nominal suffix)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 味

Stroke order for 道

Examples

cài

This dish tastes very good.

There is a pleasant smell in the kitchen.

dàn

This soup tastes a little bland.

I like this flavour.

There is a strange smell in the room.

味道 (wèi dào) means taste, flavour, smell. It is a noun for how something tastes or smells.

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This word is part of lesson 22.