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甜 tián sweet

sweet; pleasant

How to remember 甜: 舌 tongue + 甘 sweet = sweet. The baby touches her tongue to a sweet strawberry for the first time and grins, because nothing in her life was ever so sweet.

  • 2,020. most frequent character
  • HSK 3
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 甘

Component breakdown

甜 = 舌 tongue + 甘 sweet

  • 舌 tongue
  • 甘 sweet
The Gushi story

The baby touches her tongue to a sweet strawberry for the first time and grins, because nothing in her life was ever so sweet.

How it is used

  • Sweet in taste - 甜的 (tián de) sweet, 太甜了 (tài tián le) too sweet.
  • Figurative 'sweet/pleasant': 甜蜜 (tiánmì) of love/life being sweet, 嘴甜 (zuǐ tián) sweet-talking/honey-tongued.
  • 甜品/甜点 (tiánpǐn/tiándiǎn) = dessert.
  • One of the taste set in 酸甜苦辣 (suān-tián-kǔ-là) sour-sweet-bitter-spicy, a metaphor for life's ups and downs.

Words with 甜

Example sentences

  • 糖是甜的。 Táng shì tián de.Sugar is sweet.
  • 矿泉水的味道很甘甜。 Kuàngquánshuǐ de wèidao hěn gāntián.The mineral water tastes very sweet.