甘味

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	taste
simp. and trad. (甘味)		甘	味

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ mei⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-bī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganwèi
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: gān-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganwey
  - Palladius: ганьвэй (ganʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ mei⁶
  - Yale: gām meih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ mei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ méi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mei̯²²/
Southern Min
- (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

sweetness; sweet taste
- 2015, “甘味人生”, 陳百潭 (lyrics), 陳百潭 (music)‎^[1]performed by 陳百潭:
  
  回頭看人生有甘味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  回头看人生有甘味 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  hôe-thâu khòaⁿ lîn-seng ū kam-bī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  There is sweetness in life when you look back later.
sweet flavouring
(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)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
甘み

Pronunciation

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

Noun

甘(あま)味(み) • (amami)

sweetness

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんみ [káꜜǹmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠mʲːi]

Noun

甘(かん)味(み) • (kanmi)

sweetness

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN