甘
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[kǔ]: bitter, unpleasant)
- 2.to be willing (to do sth)
- 1.surname Gan
- 2.short name for Gansu 甘肃[Gān sù]
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- 1.sweet
- 2.pleasant; satisfactory
- 3.willingly; readily
- 4.bitter; difficult to bear
- 5.a surname
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Etymology
Ideogram (指事) – something sweet in an open mouth; the original drawing is 𠁿. Original form of 含. See also 敢, 旨, 香, and 音. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *klum (“sweet”) (Schuessler, 2007 under PTB *klum; STEDT under PTB *s-klum). Cognate with Mizo thlum, Lepcha ᰣᰦᰁᰤᰦᰮ (ʔáklyám). Possibly related to 含 (OC *ɡɯːm, “to keep in mouth”) and 甜 (OC *l'iːm, “sweet”), 柑 (MC kam, “mandarin orange”) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
羽衣甘藍被認為是超級食物。
Kale is considered a superfood.
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Synonyms
Antonyms
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Derived terms
不甘不甘寂寞不甘後人不甘后人不甘心不甘示弱不甘雌伏不甘食貧不甘食贫不知甘苦供膳甘肥倒吃甘蔗分甘分甘共苦同甘共苦同甘同苦善罷甘休善罢甘休嚥苦吞甘咽苦吞甘回甘幣厚言甘币厚言甘幣重言甘币重言甘心甘情願心甘情愿旨甘普降甘霖樂貧甘賤
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Related words
甘心 to be willing to苦甘 bitter sweet回甘 to have a sweet aftertaste甘地 (Mahatma) Gandhi蒲甘 Bagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma)甘于 to be willing to甘州 see 甘州区[Gān zhōu Qū]甘苦 good times and hardships甘德 see 甘德县[Gān dé Xiàn]甘泉 see 甘泉县[Gān quán Xiàn]甘孜 see 甘孜藏族自治州[Gān zī Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu]心甘 to be willing