胃 wèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land ⺼ meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
胃口
wèikǒu
appetite
Characters in this word
口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 天气太热时，很多人的胃口都会下降。 Tiānqì tài rè shí, hěn duō rén de wèikǒu dōu huì xiàjiàng. When the weather is too hot, many people's appetite drops.
- 今天胃口不太好，只想喝点粥。 Jīntiān wèikǒu bú tài hǎo, zhǐ xiǎng hē diǎn zhōu. I don't have much of an appetite today and only want some congee.
- 这道菜太香了，一下子就让我胃口大开。 Zhè dào cài tài xiāng le, yíxiàzi jiù ràng wǒ wèikǒu dàkāi. This dish smells so good that it instantly gave me an appetite.