wèiㄨㄟˋ
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Meanings

  1. 1

    taste

  2. 2

    smell

  3. 3

    (fig.) (noun suffix) feel

  4. 4

    quality

  5. 5

    sense

  6. 6

    (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

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我在電梯裏嗅到煙味。

I smell smoke in the elevator.

我去了一家什錦燒店吃東西,所以身上的衣服都沾上了一股油味。

我去了一傢什錦燒店喫東西,所以身上的衣服都沾上了一股油味。

My clothes have an oily smell because I ate at an okonomiyaki place.

狄馬走進門裏,身上還帶著前晚留下來的氣味。「您想買西裝嗎?」店員問道。

"Would you like to buy a suit?" the shopkeeper asked Dima, who brought the smells of the previous night with him as he walked through the door.

這個氣體散發出強烈難聞的氣味。

The gas gives off a strong, unpleasant smell.

當牛舍的暖氣壞了, 你就會有牛奶味的冰塊。

When the heater in the barn fails, you get milk-flavoured ice cubes.

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