甘美 (gān měi) — sweet and refreshing | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literary/formal adjective meaning 'sweet and refreshing' — used mostly for tastes (water, fruit, juice). More elegant than everyday 好喝.

adjective

sweet and refreshing

甘美。
Zhè ge shuǐ guǒ chī qǐ lái hěn gān měi.
This fruit tastes sweet and refreshing.
甘美，。
Shān quán shuǐ wèi dào gān měi, ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
The mountain spring water tastes sweet and refreshing, making one feel happy.
甘美。
Tā zuò de guǒ zhī fēi cháng gān měi.
The juice she made is very sweet and refreshing.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

美měipleasant

甘 and 美 both describe pleasant taste or quality, yielding sweet and refreshing.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

甘 originally drew an open mouth with something sweet inside it. This gives the sense of sweet or pleasant.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.