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苦味

kǔwèi

bitter taste

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

bitter taste

02

bitterness

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

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.

这种啤酒有苦味。zhè zhǒng pí jiǔ yǒu kǔ wèi。

This beer tastes bitter.

他受不了咖啡的苦味。tā shòu bù liǎo kā fēi de kǔ wèi。

He couldn't stand the bitterness of the coffee.

如果人类的物质生活一年比一年富足,蛋糕的推出越来越精致,科技越来越便利,同时没有前人种树就不可能有后人乘凉,那麽我便可以肯定“富有”的人生,肯定是由热爱吃苦的前辈,那群带有苦味的食客开创出来的。rú guǒ rén lèi de wù zhì shēng huó yī nián bǐ yī nián fù zú, dàn gāo de tuī chū yuè lái yuè jīng zhì, kē jì yuè lái yuè biàn lì, tóng shí méi yǒu qián rén zhǒng shù jiù bù kě néng yǒu hòu rén chéng liáng, nà mó wǒ biàn kě yǐ kěn dìng “ fù yǒu ” de rén shēng, kěn dìng shì yóu rè ài chī kǔ de qián bèi, nà qún dài yǒu kǔ wèi de shí kè kāi chuàng chū lái de。

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.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

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
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

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.

COMMON QUESTIONS

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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