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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 美味

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
美味 měi wèi - delicious
- delicious food
- delicacy

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 2,875 5,685 2,260

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
měi- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
měi- beautiful
- very satisfactory; good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself
wèi- taste
- smell
- (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
- quality
- sense
- (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Other Words Containing 美味

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
美味 - 7 2,875 5,685 2,260
美味可口 - - 50,805 - -