怪味

guàiwèi

noun #20,333

Meanings

1 strange smell
2 odd flavor
3 peculiar taste

Characters

strange; odd; weird

taste; smell; flavor

Examples

HSK 6

这个房间有股怪味。

Zhège fángjiān yǒu gǔ guàiwèi.

There is a strange smell in this room.

HSK 6

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.

HSK 6

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