甜絲絲

Chinese

		sweet	silk; thread; trace	silk; thread; trace
trad. (甜絲絲)		甜	絲	絲
simp. (甜丝丝)		甜	丝	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiánsīsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄙ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ si¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánsīsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄙ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiánsihsih
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-ssŭ¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: tyán-sz̄-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyansysy
    • Palladius: тяньсысы (tjanʹsysy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiánsīsīr
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄙ ㄙㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiánsihsihr
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien²-ssŭ¹-ssŭ¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: tyán-sz̄-sīr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyansysel
    • Palladius: тяньсысыр (tjanʹsysyr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ sz̩ɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴ si¹ si¹
    • Yale: tìhm sī sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ si¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ xi¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ siː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Adjective

甜絲絲

1. (ideophonic) very sweet (in flavour)
2. (ideophonic) happy; pleased

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