This beer tastes bitter.
苦味
bitter taste
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Meaning and common use
bitter taste
bitterness
How 苦味 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 苦味 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He couldn't stand the bitterness of the coffee.
If humanity's material life becomes richer year by year, cakes become more and more elaborate, technology becomes more and more convenient, and at the same time, without earlier generations planting trees, later generations would not be able to enjoy their shade, then I am sure that the "rich" life must've been brought about by our industrious forefathers, those who were unafraid to taste the bitterness of hardship.
Words that keep company with 苦味.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 苦味.
Directly before
- 有苦味1
- 带有苦味1
- 个苦味1
- 的苦味1
Directly after
- 苦味的1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 苦味
What does 苦味 mean in Chinese?
苦味 (kǔwèi) means bitter taste.
How do you pronounce 苦味?
苦味 is pronounced kǔwèi.
Is 苦味 an HSK word?
苦味 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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