รส
taste
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- 1 taste、flavor
- 2 emotional flavor、aesthetic enjoyment
This word mainly refers to the taste or flavor of food and drink. It can also refer more figuratively to the enjoyment or emotional quality found in a work or experience.
taste、flavor
The taste or flavor perceived in food and drink, including both a type of flavor and qualities such as sweetness or spiciness.
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ไอศกรีมรสช็อกโกแลต aysàkriim rót chɔ́kkoolɛ̂ɛt chocolate ice cream ไอศกรีมรสช็อกโกแลต details
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อาหารจานนี้รสจัด aahǎan caan níi rót càt This dish has strong, intense flavors. อาหารจานนี้รสจัด details
emotional flavor、aesthetic enjoyment
The enjoyment, mood, or emotional quality experienced through a story or work of art. This sense is more common in compounds than as a standalone word.
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เพิ่มอรรถรสในการอ่าน phə̂əm àttharót nay kaan àan enhance the enjoyment of reading เพิ่มอรรถรสในการอ่าน details
Learning notes
Explanation
The core meaning of รส is the taste perceived by the tongue. It can be followed by a taste quality, as in รสหวาน “sweet taste” and รสเผ็ด “spicy taste.” After the name of a food, it can identify a flavor, as in ไอศกรีมรสช็อกโกแลต “chocolate ice cream.” รสชาติ is also extremely common for “taste.” It is especially natural when discussing or evaluating the overall taste of a dish, as in รสชาติดี “tastes good.” Figuratively, รส can refer to the enjoyment or emotional quality of a story or artistic work. In contemporary usage, this meaning is more often encountered in compounds such as อรรถรส than in the standalone word.
Usage
It is commonly used to describe a food’s taste, ask which flavor something is, or label flavors on menus and packaged products. Its figurative sense appears mainly in discussion or criticism of literature, film, theater, and other arts.
Caution
รส is basically a noun and does not by itself mean “delicious.” Use อร่อย for “delicious” and รสชาติดี for “tastes good.” Also distinguish เผ็ด for chili heat from เค็ม for saltiness.