SWEET    甜

FLAVOUR RESEMBLING that of SUGAR.
SUGARYSWEETENEDSACCHARINESUGAREDHONEYEDCANDIEDGLACéSICKLYCLOYING
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 ／
Antonym
  • BITTERBASIC BAD FLAVOUR CONTRARY of SWEET.
  • SOURFLAVOUR LIKE that of VINEGAR. []
See also
  • SUGARINTENSELY COMMON SWEET SUBSTANCE OFTEN USED IN COOKING. [CHEMISTRY]
Hypernym
  • FLAVOUR　APPEARANCE PERCEIVED BY TASTING. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • APPEARANCE　CLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES. (anc: 4/0, child: 6)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
  • 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 (4 items)

    甘  gān OC: kaam MC: kɑm 19 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe (very, quite?) sweet
    飴  yí OC: lɯ MC: jɨ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadNsweet
    • vibe sweet