怪味

guàiwèi

noun #20,333

Meanings

1 strange smell
2 odd flavor
3 peculiar taste

Characters

strange; odd; weird

taste; smell; flavor

Examples

这个房间有股怪味。

Zhège fángjiān yǒu gǔ guàiwèi.

There is a strange smell in this room.

她注意到冰箱里有一股怪味。

Tā zhùyì dào bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu yī gǔ guàiwèi.

She noticed an odd smell coming from the refrigerator.

怪味花生是四川的特色小吃。

Guàiwèi huāshēng shì Sìchuān de tèsè xiǎochī.

Strange-flavor peanuts are a Sichuan specialty snack.

Tips

usage

怪味 can describe an unpleasant smell or, paradoxically, a complex and interesting multi-layered flavor — as in 怪味花生 (strange-flavor peanuts), which combines sweet, salty, spicy, sour, and numbing tastes.

Stroke Order

怪 guài

味 wèi