甜 tián — sweet

Meanings

1. 1

   sweet

   The taste of sugar and of ripe fruit. Chinese counts five: 甜 sweet, 酸 sour, 苦 bitter, 辣 hot, 咸 salty, and 甜 is the one that also travels into praise — 嘴甜 is said of someone whose words please.

   adjective

Example sentences

• 这个西瓜真甜！/這個西瓜真甜！Zhège (fourth tone, falling) xīguā (first tone, high and level) zhēn (first tone, high and level) tián! (second tone, rising)···

  This watermelon is really sweet!

• 我不喜欢太甜的东西。/我不喜歡太甜的東西。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) tài (fourth tone, falling) tián (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) dōngxi. (first tone, high and level)···

  I don’t like things that are too sweet.

Common mistakes

• Not quite这个太甜。

  Correct这个太甜了。

  太 almost always closes with 了: 太甜了, 太贵了, 太好了. Without it the sentence sounds unfinished, as if the speaker had been interrupted.

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