Chinese symbol for “delicious”
美味
měi wèi
delicious; delicious food; delicacy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for delicious is 美味 (měi wèi), defined as: delicious; delicious food; delicacy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “delicious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 香喷喷 (香噴噴) | xiāng pēn pēn | delicious; savory |
| 美味可口 | měi wèi kě kǒu | delicious; tasty |
| 鲜 (鮮) | xiān | fresh; bright (in color) |
| 喷香 (噴香) | pèn xiāng | fragrant; delicious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 美味.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 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 “delicious”.
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.