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Chinese symbol for “appetizing”

开胃
kāi wèi
Traditional: 開胃
to whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense; to tease

The closest CC-CEDICT match for appetizing is 开胃 (kāi wèi), defined as: to whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense; to tease.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

开 kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
radical 55 ⼶ · 4 strokes
胃 wèi
stomach
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “appetizing”

WordPinyinMeaning
馋人 (饞人)chán rénto make one's mouth water; appetizing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 开胃.

WordPinyinMeaning
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
开放 (開放)kāi fàngto bloom; to open
召开 (召開)zhào kāito convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke
胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking
肠胃 (腸胃)cháng wèistomach and intestine; digestive system

See also: Japanese symbol for “appetizing”.

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.

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