甘味

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	taste
simp. and trad. (甘味)		甘	味

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ mei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganwèi
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: gān-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganwey
    • Palladius: ганьвэй (ganʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ mei⁶
    • Yale: gām meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ méi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-bī
    • Tâi-lô: kam-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kambi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ bi³³/

Noun

甘味

1. sweetness; sweet taste

   • 回頭看人生有甘味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     回头看人生有甘味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2015, 陳百潭 (lyrics and music), 甘味人生, performed by 陳百潭

     hôe-thâu khòaⁿ lîn-seng ū kam-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     There is sweetness in life when you look back later.

2. sweet flavouring
3. (literary) delicious food

Synonyms

• (sweetness): 甜味 (tiánwèi), (literary) 土味 (tǔwèi)

Derived terms

• 甘味劑 / 甘味剂 (gānwèijì)
• 甘味料 (gānwèiliào)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘味):

• → Japanese: 甘味(かんみ) (kanmi)
• → Korean: 감미(甘味) (gammi)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘	味
あま Grade: S	み Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
甘み

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あまみ [àmámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠mʲi]

Noun

甘(あま)味(み) • (amami) 

1. sweetness

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘	味
かん Grade: S	み Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんみ [káꜜǹmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠mʲːi]

Noun

甘(かん)味(み) • (kanmi) 

1. sweetness