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甜
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See also: 甛
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Translingual
Han character
甜 (Kangxi radical 99, 甘+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口廿一 (HRTM), four-corner 24670, composition ⿰舌甘)
Derived characters
Related characters
- 甛 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 754, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21656
- Dae Jaweon: page 1161, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2414, character 9
- Unihan data for U+751C
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 舌 (“tongue”) + 甘 (“sweet”). Rearrangement of 甛.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ljam (“sweet; fragrant”) (STEDT). Compare Tibetan ཞིམ (zhim, “tasty”) (Coblin, 1986; Schuessler, 2007; Hill, 2019).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tian2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): tián
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): tién
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тян (ti͡an, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tim4
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): tin4
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiam3
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tim4
- Gan (Wiktionary): tien2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): tie1
- Northern Min (KCR): dǎng
- Eastern Min (BUC): diĕng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ding1
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): dim4
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6di / 2die / 2dien
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dienn2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tián
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tián
- Wade–Giles: tʻien2
- Yale: tyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyan
- Palladius: тянь (tjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: tian2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tian
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiɛn²¹/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: tián
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiã²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: tién
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): tien2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiẽ²⁴/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тян (ti͡an, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiæ̃²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tim4
- Yale: tìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: tim4
- Guangdong Romanization: tim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːm²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: tin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰin²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hiam3
- Sinological IPA (key): /hiam²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: tien2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiɛn²⁴/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thiàm
- Hakka Romanization System: tiamˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tiam2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰi̯am¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: tiam
- Sinological IPA: /tʰiam⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: tie1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰie¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǎng
- Sinological IPA (key): /taŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕng
- Sinological IPA (key): /tieŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ding1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ding
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ding1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tiŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- tiⁿ - vernacular (“sweet; pleasant; sound; delicious”);
- tiâm - literary.
- diam5 - vernacular;
- tieng5 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: dim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tim²¹/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: dienn2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ti̯ẽ¹³/
- (Changsha)
Note:
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: dem
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'iːm/
Definitions
甜
- sweet; sugary; honeyed
- (figurative) pleasant; comfortable; happy
- (figurative, of sleep) sound
- (dialectal) bland; tasteless; not salty
- (dialectal) delicious; tasty
- (neologism, of a price) cheap; inexpensive
- (figurative) romantic
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) euphemistic form of 鹹 / 咸 (haam4, “erotic”)
Synonyms
Compounds
- `甜醹
- 人義水甜 / 人义水甜
- 口甜 (kǒutián)
- 口甜如蜜
- 和甜
- 喫甜頭 / 吃甜头
- 嘗甜頭 / 尝甜头
- 嘴甜 (zuǐtián)
- 嘴甜心苦
- 嬌甜 / 娇甜
- 心甜
- 心甜意洽
- 拗甜
- 殺口甜 / 杀口甜 (shākǒutián)
- 甘甜 (gāntián)
- 甜不唧
- 甜不絲 / 甜不丝
- 甜不辣 (tiánbùlà)
- 甜俗
- 甜俏
- 甜八寶 / 甜八宝
- 甜冤對 / 甜冤对
- 甜冰
- 甜凈 / 甜净
- 甜口兒 / 甜口儿
- 甜句兒 / 甜句儿
- 甜味 (tiánwèi)
- 甜和
- 甜品 (tiánpǐn)
- 甜嘴蜜舌
- 甜娘
- 甜差
- 甜心 (tiánxīn)
- 甜根子草
- 甜梅
- 甜橙 (tiánchéng)
- 甜水
- 甜水海 (Tiánshuǐhǎi)
- 甜水麵 / 甜水面
- 甜沃沃
- 甜津津 (tiánjīnjīn)
- 甜淨 / 甜净
- 甜淡
- 甜滋滋 (tiánzīzī)
- 甜潤 / 甜润 (tiánrùn)
- 甜爽
- 甜物
- 甜瓜 (tiánguā)
- 甜甘
- 甜甜圈 (tiántiánquān)
- 甜甜蜜蜜 (tiántiánmìmì)
- 甜睡
- 甜筒 (tiántǒng)
- 甜絲絲 / 甜丝丝 (tiánsīsī)
- 甜美 (tiánměi)
- 甜膩 / 甜腻 (tiánnì)
- 甜膩膩 / 甜腻腻
- 甜菜 (tiáncài)
- 甜葉菊 / 甜叶菊
- 甜蘿蔔 / 甜萝卜
- 甜蜜 (tiánmì)
- 甜蜜蜜
- 甜言 (tiányán)
- 甜言媚語 / 甜言媚语
- 甜言美語 / 甜言美语 (tiányánměiyǔ)
- 甜言蜜語 / 甜言蜜语 (tiányánmìyǔ)
- 甜言軟語 / 甜言软语
- 甜話兒 / 甜话儿
- 甜語花言 / 甜语花言
- 甜豆 (tiándòu)
- 甜軟 / 甜软
- 甜辣醬 / 甜辣酱
- 甜迷迷
- 甜適 / 甜适
- 甜鄉 / 甜乡
- 甜酒 (tiánjiǔ)
- 甜酸 (tiánsuān)
- 甜酸苦辣 (tiánsuānkǔlà)
- 甜雪
- 甜露
- 甜靜 / 甜静
- 甜鞋淨襪 / 甜鞋净袜
- 甜頭 / 甜头 (tiántou)
- 甜食 (tiánshí)
- 甜香
- 甜馨
- 甜麵醬 / 甜面酱 (tiánmiànjiàng)
- 甜點 / 甜点 (tiándiǎn)
- 肥甜
- 花甜蜜嘴
- 花甜蜜就
- 苦盡甜來 / 苦尽甜来
- 葉甜菜 / 叶甜菜 (yètiáncài)
- 蜜甜
- 蜜蜜甜
- 蜜語甜言 / 蜜语甜言
- 酸甜 (suāntián)
- 酸甜兒 / 酸甜儿
- 酸甜苦辣 (suāntiánkǔlà)
- 面甜
- 香甜 (xiāngtián)
- 鮮甜 / 鲜甜
- 黑甜
- 黑甜一覺 / 黑甜一觉
- 黑甜甜
- 黑甜鄉 / 黑甜乡
See also
| Basic tastes in Chinese · 味道 (layout · text) | |||||
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| 甜 (tián) | 酸 (suān) | 鹹 / 咸 (xián) | 苦 | 辣 (là) | 鮮味 / 鲜味 (xiānwèi) |
References
- “甜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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