蜜 (mat6 | mi4) : honey; sweet

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蜜

mat6

mi4

[1] [n] honey; nectar (of flower)
[2] [adj] sweet; honeyed; syrupy

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蜜

This word has been viewed 9407 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Apr 2011 12:44

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蜜瓜 mat6 gwaa1 = honeydew melon; [粵]: slang for big breasted

蜜瓜汁 mat6 gwaa1 zap1 = honeydew melon juice

哈蜜瓜 haa1 mat6 gwaa1 = cantaloupe

蜜蜂 mat6 fung1 mi4 feng1 = honey bee

蜂蜜 fung1 mat6 feng1 mi4 = honey

蜜蠟 mat6 laap6 mi4 la4 = beeswax, ceromel

菠蘿蜜 bo1 lo4 mat6 = jackfruit 國

蜜桃 mat6 tou4 mi4 tao2 = honey peach; juicy peach

小蜜 siu2 mat6 xiao3 mi4 = a girlfriend of a married man; literally: little secret

蜜糖 mat6 tong4 mi4 tang2 = honey

甜蜜 tim4 mat6 tian2 mi4 = sweet; honey

蜜豆 mat6 dau6*2 = sugar snap peas

蜂蜜酒 fung1 mat6 zau2 feng1 mi4 jiu3 = mead (type of alcohol)

糖蜜 tong4 mat6 = (sugar cane) molasses

甘蔗糖蜜 gam1 ze3 tong4 mat6 = sugar cane molasses

蜜汁叉燒 mat6 zap1 caa1 siu1 = sliced barbecued pork coated with honey

度蜜月 dou6 mat6 jyut6 du4 mi4 yue4 = spend the honeymoon

渡蜜月 dou6 mat6 jyut6 = spend the honeymoon; on honeymoon

蜜胺 mat6 on1 mi4 an4 = melamine

蜜月 mat6 jyut6 mi4 yue4 = honeymoon

蜜餞 mat6 zin3 mi4 jian4 = candied / preserved fruit; jam; conserves

蜜棗 mat6 zou2 mi4 zao3 = candied date

檸蜜 ning4*2 mat6 = lemon honey

花蜜 faa1 mat6 hua1 mi4 = nectar; honey

水蜜桃 seoi2 mat6 tou4 = honey peach

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+871c (off-site link)

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