Chinese symbol for “aftertaste”
余味
yú wèi
Traditional: 餘味
aftertaste; lingering impression
The closest CC-CEDICT match for aftertaste is 余味 (yú wèi), defined as: aftertaste; lingering impression.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “aftertaste”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 回味 | huí wèi | to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste |
| 后味 (後味) | hòu wèi | aftertaste |
| 余韵 (餘韻) | yú yùn | pleasant lingering effect; memorable stylishness |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 余味.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其余 (其餘) | qí yú | the rest; the others |
| 余额 (餘額) | yú é | balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time; outside working hours |
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 多余 (多餘) | duō yú | superfluous; unnecessary |
| 余地 (餘地) | yú dì | margin; leeway |
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “aftertaste”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.