| 欲望 | yù wàng | desire / longing / appetite / craving |   |
| 胃口 | wèi kǒu | appetite / liking | |
| 食欲 | shí yù | appetite | |
| 开胃 | 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 | |
| 害喜 | hài xǐ | to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods | |
| 茶饭无心 | chá fàn wú xīn | no heart for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite | |
| 败胃 | 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 | 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 | chá fàn bù sī | no thought for tea or rice (idiom) / melancholic and suffering / to have no appetite | |
| 开味 | 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 | ài wèi kǒu | to impair the appetite | |
| 两颊生津 | liǎng jiá shēng jīn | mouth-watering / to whet one's appetite | |
| 小鸟胃 | xiǎo niǎo wèi | (fig.) small appetite / sb with a small appetite | |
| 尽失 | jìn shī | (of hope, appetite, authority etc) to be lost | |
