"sweet" meaning in Chinese

See sweet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /siː²¹ wiːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siː²² wiːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /siː²¹ wiːt̚⁵/, /siː²² wiːt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: si⁴ wit¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], si⁶ wit¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sìh wīt [Cantonese, Yale], sih wīt [Cantonese, Yale], si⁴ wit⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], si⁶ wit⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xi⁴ wid¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], xi⁶ wid¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English sweet. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|sweet}} English sweet Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} sweet
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) romantic Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Synonyms: 時weet/时weet (si⁴ wit¹), 時weet (si4 wit1), 时weet (si4 wit1), 是weet (si6 wit1), 士weet (si6 wit1) Derived forms: sweet sweet

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  "etymology_text": "From English sweet.",
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        },
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          "roman": "si4 wit1",
          "word": "時weet"
        },
        {
          "roman": "si4 wit1",
          "word": "时weet"
        },
        {
          "roman": "si6 wit1",
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      "zh-pron": "si⁴ wit¹"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ wit¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìh wīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih wīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁴ wit⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ wit⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁴ wid¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁶ wid¹"
    },
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      "ipa": "/siː²¹ wiːt̚⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/siː²² wiːt̚⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²¹ wiːt̚⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²² wiːt̚⁵/"
    }
  ],
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      "zh-pron": "si⁴ wit¹"
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ wit¹"
    },
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìh wīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sih wīt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁴ wit⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "si⁶ wit⁷"
    },
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xi⁴ wid¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": "/siː²² wiːt̚⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siː²¹ wiːt̚⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/siː²² wiːt̚⁵/"
    }
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    },
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      "word": "時weet"
    },
    {
      "roman": "si4 wit1",
      "word": "时weet"
    },
    {
      "roman": "si6 wit1",
      "word": "是weet"
    },
    {
      "roman": "si6 wit1",
      "word": "士weet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweet"
}
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