甘味

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
• Min Nan (POJ): kam-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gānwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganwey
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganwèi
    • IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ mei⁶
    • Yale: gām meih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ mei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ méi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mei̯²²/
• Min Nan
  • (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。 [Min Nan, trad.]
   回头看人生有甘味。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   From: 陳百潭, 甘味人生

   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)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• 甘み

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) あまみ [àmámí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠mʲi]

Noun

甘味 (hiragana あまみ, rōmaji amami)

1. sweetness

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) か​んみ [káꜜǹmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠mʲːi]

Noun

甘味 (hiragana かんみ, rōmaji kanmi)

1. sweetness

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9