味素
wèi sù
Pinyin

Definition

味素
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wèi sù
  1. monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
口味
kǒu wèi
  1. 1 a person's preferences
  2. 2 tastes (in food)
  3. 3 flavor
味
wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 classifier for drugs (in TCM)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
意味
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
滋味
zī wèi
  1. 1 taste
  2. 2 flavor
  3. 3 feeling
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence
维生素
wéi shēng sù
  1. 1 vitamin
美味
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
乏味
fá wèi
  1. 1 tedious
五味
wǔ wèi
  1. 1 the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸
  2. 2 all kinds of flavors
人情味
rén qíng wèi
  1. 1 human warmth
  2. 2 friendliness
  3. 3 human touch
像素
xiàng sù
  1. 1 pixel
入味
rù wèi
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 to be absorbed in sth
  3. 3 interesting
原味
yuán wèi
  1. 1 authentic taste
  2. 2 plain cooked
  3. 3 natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
吃素
chī sù
  1. 1 to be a vegetarian

Idioms (19)

五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
单调乏味
dān diào fá wèi
  1. 1 monotonous
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 tedious (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
  1. 1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
津津有味
jīn jīn yǒu wèi
  1. 1 with keen interest (idiom)
  2. 2 with great pleasure
  3. 3 with gusto
  4. 4 eagerly
淡泊寡味
dàn bó guǎ wèi
  1. 1 insipid and tasteless (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
  1. 1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 to be total strangers (idiom)
素昧平生
sù mèi píng shēng
  1. 1 to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
  2. 2 a complete stranger
  3. 3 not to know sb from Adam
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
  1. 1 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
  3. 3 to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
艰苦朴素
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
  1. 1 leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
轻饶素放
qīng ráo sù fàng
  1. 1 easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
食不知味
shí bù zhī wèi
  1. 1 lit. to eat without tasting the food
  2. 2 worried or downhearted (idiom)
食之无味，弃之可惜
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī
  1. 1 lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
香味扑鼻
xiāng wèi pū bí
  1. 1 exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

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