甜 (tim4 | tian2) : [adj] sweet

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甜

tim4

tian2

[1] sweet; sweetness; luscious
[2] agreeable; pleasant

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 甘 (#99)

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

甜

This word has been viewed 11350 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 02:54

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甜圈 tim4 hyun1 tian2 quan1 = donut

甜品 tim4 ban2 tian2 pin3 = dessert

甜椒 tim4 ziu1 tian2 jiao1 = sweet pepper

甜菜 tim4 coi3 tian2 cai3 = beet; beetroot

甜頭 tim4 tau4*2 tian2 tou2 = sugarplum, sweetener

甜食 tim4 sik6 tian2 shi2 = dessert; sweetmeats; sweet food

甜點 tim4 dim2 tian2 dian3 = dessert; sweets; sweet snacks

甜橙 tim4 caang4*2 = orange

口甜舌滑 hau2 tim4 sit6 waat6 kou3 tian2 she2 hua2 = smarmy; sweet talk

鮮甜 sin1 tim4 = fresh and sweet
See all 30 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 甜

尐橙好甜。粵
The oranges are sweet.

佢尐橙好甜。粵
His/her oranges are sweet.

有尐橙好甜。粵
Some oranges are sweet.

生果又甜又有營養。粵
Fruits are sweet and nutritious.
[Please note that "有" is missing from the audio by mistake.]

有尐橙係好甜嘅。粵
Some oranges are sweet.

佢有尐橙好甜。粵
Some of his oranges are sweet.

唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品粵
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.

唓! 唔甜嘅粵
Huh! not sweet at all.

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Decimal representation of this word: 甜
Unicode code for this character: U+751c (off-site link)

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