胃口

wèikǒu

noun HSK 7-9 #4,958

Meanings

1 appetite
2 taste (figurative)
3 liking

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

今天我胃口不好，不想吃东西。

Jīntiān wǒ wèikǒu bùhǎo, bù xiǎng chī dōngxi.

I don't have a good appetite today - I don't feel like eating.

HSK 4

这种风格很合我的胃口。

Zhèzhǒng fēnggé hěn hé wǒ de wèikǒu.

This style is very much to my taste.

Tips

usage

胃口 is used both literally (appetite for food) and figuratively (taste/preference). 合胃口 means 'to suit one's taste'. 胃口大 can mean either 'big appetite' or 'big ambitions'.

Stroke Order

胃 wèi

口 kǒu