"appetite" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
欲望慾望	yù wàng	desire / longing / appetite / craving	syn
胃口	wèi kǒu	appetite / liking	syn
食欲食慾	shí yù	appetite

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
开胃開胃	kāi wèi	to whet the appetite / appetizing / to amuse oneself at sb's expense / to tease
倒胃口	dǎo wèi kǒu	to spoil one's appetite / fig. to get fed up with sth	syn
害喜	hài xǐ	to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods	syn
茶饭无心茶飯無心	chá fàn wú xīn	no heart for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite
小鸟胃小鳥胃	xiǎo niǎo wèi	(fig.) small appetite / sb with a small appetite
败胃敗胃	bài wèi	(of food or medicine) to impair digestion / to suppress appetite / (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest / to put one off
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣看菜吃飯，量體裁衣	kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī	eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
茶饭不思茶飯不思	chá fàn bù sī	no thought for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite
开味開味	kāi wèi	whet the appetite
食色	shí sè	food and sex / appetite and lust
食色性也	shí sè xìng yě	Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.
食欲抑制药		appetite depressant
碍胃口礙胃口	ài wèi kǒu	to impair the appetite
两颊生津兩頰生津	liǎng jiá shēng jīn	mouth-watering / to whet one's appetite
尽失盡失	jìn shī	(of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost

The four tones