How to say "tart"?

[WangYuHong]

My wife and I were having a conversation, and I mentioned that my favorite type of peach is one that's "tart".

My wife's a native Chinese, so she asked what "tart" mean... Well, it's a type of flavor, like sweet, sour, salty, spicy, etc. She still wasn't familiar with it.

I checked the chinese-english dictionary, and the entries were "suan de" (sour) or "xin la de" (a type of spiciness, she tells me). I can't believe there's no direct translation into Chinese. Tart is kind of sour, but it's more than that, and it's not really spicy either (she said they definitely don't refer to fruits as being "spicy", even though we would call them "tart" in English).

So, in your studies, have you guys come up with a good translation of the word?

[wai ming]

Not a native speaker, but what about 涩 (se4), which my dictionary defines as "puckery, astringent"?

[heifeng]

Sorry, every time I see this thread I think it's 贱货but then I realize you're talking about the flavor....

[WangYuHong]

Thanks waiming,

I told her that word, which she seemed to understand almost immediately after countless times of repeating "it's kinda sour, but not..."

Anyway, she still says that the Chinese don't rate that as a "good" flavor... Oh well, I guess that's just one more difference in cultures...