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甜

tián

HSK 3 Character

What 甜 means

1. sweet
2. (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely

Example sentences

• 他真是甜心。
  Tā zhēnshi tiánxīn.
  He's such a sweetheart.
• 甜点是什幺？
  What is dessert?
• 有什幺甜点？
  What's the dessert?
• 我喜欢甜食。
  I like sweets.
• 甘蔗是甜的。
  Sugar cane is sweet.
• 我爱你，甜心。
  Wǒ ài nǐ, tiánxīn.
  I love you, sweetheart.

Words starting with 甜

• 甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
• 甜美tián měisweet; pleasant; happy
• 甜点tián diǎndessert
• 甜言蜜语tián yán mì yǔ(idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery
• 甜食tián shídessert; sweet
• 甜味tián wèisweetness
• 甜头tián tousweet taste (of power, success etc); benefit
• 甜蜜蜜tián mì mìvery sweet
• 甜酒tián jiǔsweet liquor
• 甜品tián pǐndessert
• 甜妹tián mèi(colloquial) girl with a sweet, cute demeanor
• 甜心tián xīndelighted to oblige; sweetheart
• 甜润tián rùnsweet and mellow; fresh and moist (air)
• 甜瓜tián guāmuskmelon
• 甜睡tián shuìto sleep soundly
• 甜菜tián cài(sugar) beet; (US) beet; (UK) beetroot
• 甜言tián yánsweet words; fine talk
• 甜酸tián suānsweet and sour
• 甜味剂tián wèi jìsweetener (food additive)
• 甜津津tián jīn jīnsweet and delicious
• 甜甜圈tián tián quāndoughnut
• 甜酸肉tián suān ròusweet and sour pork
• 甜豆tián dòusugar snap pea
• 甜蜜素tián mì sùsodium cyclamate

Words containing 甜

• 香甜xiāng tiánfragrant and sweet; sound (sleep)
• 酸甜苦辣suān tián kǔ là(lit.) sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom); (fig.) all kinds of flavors…
• 甘甜gān tiánsweet
• 酸甜suān tiánsour and sweet
• 清甜qīng tián(of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet
• 忆苦思甜yì kǔ sī tiánto view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
• 加甜jiā tiánsweeten
• 口甜kǒu tiánsoft-spoken; affable; full of honeyed words
• 嘴甜zuǐ tiánsweet-talking; ingratiating
• 回甜huí tiánto have a sweet aftertaste
• 纽甜niǔ tián(loanword) neotame
• 傻白甜shǎ bái tián(net slang) sweet, naive young woman
• 索马甜suǒ mǎ tián(loanword) thaumatin
• 嘴甜心苦zuǐ tián xīn kǔsweet mouth, bitter heart (idiom); insincere flattery
• 阿斯巴甜ā sī bā tián(loanword) aspartame
• 强扭的瓜不甜qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tiánlit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet…
• 齁甜hōu tián(dialect) (of food) excessively sweet; cloying; (dialect) (of words, affection etc)…
• 百利甜Bǎi lì tiánBaileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink); see also 百利甜酒
• 百利甜酒Bǎi lì Tián jiǔBaileys Irish Cream (brand of alcoholic drink)
• 打一巴掌，给个甜枣dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎolit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)…

Characters built on 舌

These share the phonetic component 舌 (shé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 舔tiǎnto lick; to lap
• 恬tiánquiet; calm; tranquil

Characters that look like 甜

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 猫māocat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword; colloquial) modem
• 棚péngshed; canopy; shack
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 钳qiánpincers; pliers; tongs
• 跚shānused in 蹒跚
• 翎língtail feathers; plume

Sounds the same

Read tián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 填to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 田field; farm
• 恬quiet; calm; tranquil
• 佃to cultivate; to hunt
• 钿(dialect) coin; money
• 畑used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 阗fill up; rumbling sound
• 沺turbulent
• 畋to cultivate (land); to hunt
• 屇cave; hole
• 湉(literary) smoothly flowing, placid (water)
• 窴fill in