胃口

wèikǒu

noun HSK 7-9 #4,958

Meanings

1 appetite
2 taste (figurative)
3 liking

Characters

Examples

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.

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