SWEET  甜

FLAVOUR RESEMBLING that of SUGAR.
SUGARYSWEETENEDSACCHARINESUGAREDHONEYEDCANDIEDGLACéSICKLYCLOYING
Antonym
  • BITTERBASIC BAD FLAVOUR CONTRARY of SWEET.
    • SOURFLAVOUR LIKE that of VINEGAR. []
      Hypernym
      • FLAVOURAPPEARANCE PERCEIVED BY TASTING.
        • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES.
          • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
            • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
      See also
      • SUGARINTENSELY COMMON SWEET SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED IN COOKING. [CHEMISTRY]
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The current standard word for sweetness is gān 甘, and the word strongly connotes pleasantness of taste rather than just sugary flavour.

        2. Tián 甜 is rare and denotes sugary sweet flavour as such.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        甜

        甘

        蜜

        糖

        甘甜

        蜜甜

        香甜

        甜美

        甘美

        甜絲絲

        甜津津

        甘之如飴

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 15.35

        • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 515

          Dulce, quod molliter diffluens blande afficit (lingvam, aures, animum).

        • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

          SWEET

          suavis refers to a pleasant odour, and to that which gives calm pleasure in general.

          culcis refers to a pleasant flavour, and more generally to that which gives a lively pleasure.

        • 東漢﹣隨常用詞演變研究 ( WANG WEIHUI 2000) p. 383

        • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.151

        Words

        甘  gān OC: kaam MC: kɑm 19 AttributionsWD

        The current standard word for sweetness is gān 甘, and the word strongly connotes pleasantness of taste rather than just sugary flavour. CQFL: 五味之美也

          Word relations
        • Ant: 苦/BITTER The general word for bitterness is kǔ 苦 (ant. gān 甘 "sweet; tasty"), and this word is heavenly laden with metaphorical potentialities.
        • Epithet: 臥 / 臥卧/SLEEP Wò 臥 (ant. qǐ 起 "get up") is often used as a very general term referring to any form of sleep or rest whatsoever, but specifically the word does also refer to taking a brief nap, typically leaning on a low table.
        • Assoc: 甜/SWEET Tián 甜 is rare and denotes sugary sweet flavour as such.

          Syntactic words
        • nabfeaturesweetnessLZ
        • nsubjectwhat is sweet; sweets
        • vadNsavoury (and probably sweet)
        • vadNfigurativedesirable, pleasant
        • vadVfigurativesweetly; wonderfully
        • vibe savoury (and probably sweet)
        • vifigurativebe figuratively sweet
        • vtoNbe sweet to (the tongue)
        • vtoNcausativemake sweet and good to eat
        甜  tián OC: diim MC: dem 4 AttributionsWD

        Tián 甜 is rare and denotes sugary sweet flavour as such.

          Word relations
        • Ant: 苦/BITTER The general word for bitterness is kǔ 苦 (ant. gān 甘 "sweet; tasty"), and this word is heavenly laden with metaphorical potentialities.
        • Assoc: 甘/SWEET The current standard word for sweetness is gān 甘, and the word strongly connotes pleasantness of taste rather than just sugary flavour. CQFL: 五味之美也

          Syntactic words
        • vadNHAN: sweet (and tasty)
        • vigradedHAN: be sweet (and tasty)
        甘甜  gān tián OC: kaam diim MC: kɑm dem 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPibe (very, quite?) sweet
        飴  yí OC: lɯ MC: jɨ 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vadNsweet
        • vibe sweet

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