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甜

tián

HSK 3 · word 1934 of 3,000

Meaning

• sweet
• (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely

Example sentence

The character 甜

甜 is 舌, a tongue, beside 甘, sweet — taste written twice over. 甜的 sweet, 甜点 dessert — and it is used of voices and people as English uses it, 嘴甜 for someone who always says the nice thing.

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