wui4 mei6回味
Jyutpingwui4 mei6
Yalewùih meih
Definition
To reminisce or look back fondly on a pleasant memory or experience.
colloquialemotionfood
How it's used
Focuses on the lingering, pleasant sensation of an experience that has already concluded. While it can apply to food, it is frequently used to describe sentimental reflections on past events, movies, or music. It carries a slightly nostalgic and appreciative tone.
Examples
This meal was really great, it leaves me with such fond memories.
Do you still remember those days? They are really worth reminiscing about.
Related words
Common phrases
to have a lingering aftertaste, to be endlessly memorable
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe simply remembering a fact or a piece of information. It specifically requires a positive, emotional, or sensory quality to the memory being recalled.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
