# 味道
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): wèidào
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wei$^4$ dao$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): vīdao
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): видо (vido, III-I) / видо (vido, III-0)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mei$^6$ dou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mei$^5$ au$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ui$^5$ tau
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mi-tho
    (Hailu, HRS): mui$^˖$ to$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mi$^4$ tau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vei$^3$ dau$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): mī-dàu
* Eastern Min (BUC): ê-dô̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī-tō͘ / bī-tō / bi-tǎu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bhi$^7$ dao$^6$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^6$mi-dau$_6$ / $^2$mi$_6$-dau$_6$ / $^6$mi-dau$_4$ / $^6$vi-dau$_6$
** (Jinhua): $^6$fi-tau$_3$
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): uei$^5$ dau$^4$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fei$^5$ dau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wèidào → wèidao (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ → ㄨㄟˋ ˙ㄉㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wèidåo
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^4$-tao$^5$
*** Yale: wèi-dau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey.daw
*** Palladius: вэйдао (vɛjdao)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/ → /weɪ̯⁵¹ d̥ɑʊ̯¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: wei$^4$ dao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: uidao
*** Sinological IPA : /uei²¹³ tau²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: vīdao
*** Sinological IPA : /vi⁵⁵ tau/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: видо (vido, III-I) / видо (vido, III-0)
*** Sinological IPA : /vi⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/, /vi⁴⁴ tɔ⁰/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ dou$^6$
*** Yale: meih douh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ dou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ dou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²² tou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mei$^5$ au$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbei³² au³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ui$^5$ tau
*** Sinological IPA : /ui¹¹ tʰau¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mi-tho
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi to
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^4$ to$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵ tʰo⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mui$^˖$ to$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /mui³³ tʰo³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mi$^4$ tau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ tʰau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vei$^3$ dau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vei⁴⁵ tau⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mī-dàu
*** Sinological IPA : /mi⁵⁵ tau⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ê-dô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /i²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$lɔ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō͘
*** Tâi-lô: bī-tōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bixdo
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹⁻²² tɔ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī-tō
*** Tâi-lô: bī-tō
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bixdoi
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi²²⁻²¹ to²²/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi-tǎu
*** Tâi-lô: bi-tǎu
*** IPA (Longyan): /bi³³⁴ tau⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: bhi$^7$ dao$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: bī tău
*** Sinological IPA : /bi¹¹ tau³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming, Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mi-dau$_6$
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ dau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$mi-dau$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mi²² dɔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmi³¹ dɔ³³/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /mi²² dɔ⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^2$mi$_6$-dau$_6$
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ dau$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mi²² dæ³³/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^6$mi-dau$_4$
*** MiniDict: mi$^去$ dau$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /mi¹³ dɔ²¹/
** (Northern: Hangzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$vi-dau$_6$
*** MiniDict: vi$^去$ dau$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /vi¹¹ dɔ⁵³/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^6$fi-tau$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /fi⁵³ tɑu⁵³⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: uei$^5$ dau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /u̯e̞i̯²¹⁻¹¹ tɒu̯⁴⁵/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^5$ dau
*** Sinological IPA : /v̥ei̯²¹³ tɑʊ̯³/
* Middle Chinese: mj+jH dawX
Rime :
| Character | 味 | 道 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 無沸切 | 徒晧切 |
| Baxter | mj+jH | dawX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mʉi$^H$/ | /dɑu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mʷɨi$^H$/ | /dɑu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miuəi$^H$/ | /dɑu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /muj$^H$/ | /daw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /miuəi$^H$/ | /dɑu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mĭwəi$^H$/ | /dɑu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mwe̯i$^H$/ | /dʱɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wèi | dào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ | dou$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m[ə]t-s [kə.l]ˤuʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mɯds l'uːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 味 | 道 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wèi | dào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mjɨj$^H$ › | ‹ daw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m[ə]t-s/ | /*[kə.l]ˁuʔ/ |
| English | taste (n.) | way |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 味 | 道 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 12918 | 11669 |
| Phonetic component | 未 | 首 |
| Rime group | 隊 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 未 | 道 |
| Old Chinese | /*mɯds/ | /*l'uːʔ/ |

### Noun

味道
* flavour; taste
    品嘗味道／品尝味道 ― pǐncháng wèidào ― to taste the flavour
    味道有點怪。／味道有点怪。 ― Wèidào yǒudiǎn guài. ― It tastes funny.
       Yào shénme wèidào de bīngqílín? [Pinyin]
       What flavour of ice cream would you like?
** (figurative) taste of cooking; food
    媽媽的味道／妈妈的味道 ― māma de wèidào ― the taste of mum's cooking
* smell; odour (Classifier: 股 m)
    菜有股味道。 ― Cài yǒu gǔ wèidào. ― The dish smells rotten.
* (figurative) interest
    越看越有味道 ― yuè kàn yuè yǒu wèidào ― the more one reads, the more intriguing [the book] becomes
* (figurative) particular sense or feeling
    有點諷刺的味道／有点讽刺的味道 ― yǒudiǎn fěngcì de wèidào ― have a touch of sarcasm

#### Synonyms

* (flavour):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 味 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 滋味, 味道, 風味, 口味 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 味兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 味道, 味 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 味道, 味 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 味兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 味道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 味道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 味口, 味 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 味道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 味道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 味道 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 味道, 味 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 味道, 味 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 味道 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 味 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 味道, 味 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 味道 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 味道 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 味素, 味緒, 味道 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 味 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 味 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 味兒, 味道 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 味道 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 味 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 味素 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 味素, 味 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 味素, 味道, 味 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 味道, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 味, 味素 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 吃口 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 味道 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 味道 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 味道 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 味道 |
* (smell):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 氣息, 臭味, 氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 味兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 味 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 味兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 味兒, 味氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 味味子, 味味兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 氣氣, 味道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 氣味, 氣色 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 味道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 味道, 氣味 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 味, 𡃴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 味, 𡃴 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 𡃴 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 味, 𡃴 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 氣味 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 味道, 氣味 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 味 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 味氣 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 味道, 氣色 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 味 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 味 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 味, 味素, 峇羽 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 味, 味素 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 味, 味素, 羶, 氣味 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 味道, 氣味 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 氣道 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 氣色, 味道, 氣味 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 氣色, 氣 |

### Verb

味道
* (Classical) to observe the rules; to savour the reasons; to perceive the truth