甜味 (tián wèi) — sweet taste | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sweet taste

Examples

甜味。
Zhè zhǒng shuǐ guǒ de tián wèi hěn nóng yù.
This fruit has a very rich sweet taste.
甜味，。
Tā bù xǐ huan rén gōng de tián wèi, zhī chī tiān rán de shí wù.
He doesn't like artificial sweet taste, he only eats natural food.
，甜味。
Zhè dào cài jiā le fēng mì, tián wèi qià dào hǎo chù.
This dish has honey added, the sweet taste is just right.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

“甜” means sweet and “味” means taste: the taste that is sweet.

Characters in this word

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

舌甘甜

舌舌shétongue
甘甘gānsweet

甜 puts 舌 (tongue) next to 甘 (sweet), showing sweetness as something the tongue perceives.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

口未味

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

未

未wèi味wèi

Same sound today

味 combines 口 (mouth) with 未, which gives the sound wèi; the mouth part relates to taste.

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