甜粅粅

Chinese

		sweet
trad. (甜粅粅)		甜	粅	粅
simp. #(甜粅粅)		甜	粅	粅
alternative forms		甜吻吻 甜勿勿 珍勿勿

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiⁿ-but-but

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiⁿ-but-but
    • Tâi-lô: tinn-but-but
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvi'butbud
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ but̚³²⁻⁴ but̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tĩ³³ but̚⁵⁻²⁴ but̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tĩ⁴⁴⁻²² but̚³²⁻⁴ but̚³²/

Adjective

甜粅粅

1. (Hokkien, ideophonic) very sweet

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甜絲絲 (“(expressive) sweet (in flavour)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		甜絲絲 ↑, 甜滋滋 ↑, 甜津津 ↑
Cantonese	Guangzhou	甜淰淰 ↑, 甜椰椰 ↓
	Hong Kong	甜絲絲 ↑, 甜椰椰 ↓, 甜曳曳 ↓
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	甜椰椰
Hakka	Meixian	甜椰椰 ↓
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	甜淰淰, 甜恤恤 ↑, 甜椰椰 ↓
	Hong Kong	甜津津
Southern Min	Xiamen	甜粅粅
	Quanzhou	甜粅粅
	Yongchun	甜溜溜
	Zhangzhou	甜抹抹
	Tainan	甜粅粅
	Shantou	甜甜尼
Note	↑ - positive; ↓ - negative