這個食物嚐起來有一點大蒜味。

The food tasted slightly of garlic.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 這個 zhège
  1. (pronoun) this
  2. (adjective) this
2 食物 shíwù food
3 嚐 cháng to taste; to experience (variant of 尝 cháng)
=4 起來 qǐlai
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. qǐlái
=4 起來 qilai
  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 zhàn)
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看 kàn) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. qǐlai
=4 起來 qǐlái
  1. placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
  2. placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
  3. to get up; to get out of bed
  4. to rise up; to get up
5 有一點 yǒuyīdiǎn a little; somewhat
6 大蒜 dàsuàn garlic

classifiers: 瓣, 頭
7 味 wèi
  1. taste
  2. smell
  3. (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
  4. quality
  5. sense
  6. (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription