甜

tián

sweet

tongue (舌) + sweet taste (甘) = sweet

甘 is an ancient pictograph of something held in the mouth, itself meaning 'sweet' or 'pleasant.' Together with 舌 (tongue), the character doubles down on the sensory experience of tasting sweetness.

舌+甘→甜
甘SweetSemantic
舌TongueSemantic

这个蛋糕很甜,我很喜欢。

zhè ge dàn gāo hěn tián, wǒ hěn xǐ huān.

This cake is very sweet, I like it a lot.

这种水果比那种甜很多。

zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ bǐ nà zhǒng tián hěn duō.

This kind of fruit is much sweeter than that kind.

Words with 甜

香甜

xiāng tián

fragrant and sweet

甜品

tián pǐn

dessert

甜味

tián wèi

sweetness

酸甜

suān tián

sour and sweet

酸甜苦辣

suān tián kǔ là

lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom)

阿斯巴甜

ā sī bā tián

(loanword) aspartame

齁甜

hōu tián

(dialect) (of food) excessively sweet; cloying

傻白甜

shǎ bái tián

(Internet slang) sweet, naive young woman

加甜

jiā tián

sweeten

口甜

kǒu tián

soft-spoken

嘴甜

zuǐ tián

sweet-talking

嘴甜心苦

zuǐ tián xīn kǔ

sweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery

More characters with 舌

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