甘美

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (甘美)		甘	美
simp. ^#(甘美)		甘	美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānměi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄇㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kam-bí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānměi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄇㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ganměi
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-mei³
  - Yale: gān-měi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmeei
  - Palladius: ганьмэй (ganʹmɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ mei⁵
  - Yale: gām méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-bí
  - Tâi-lô: kam-bí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kambie
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ bi⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: kam mijX

Rime
Character	甘	美
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	談 (143)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古三切	無鄙切
Baxter	kam	mijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑm/	/mˠiɪ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑm/	/mᵚi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑm/	/miɪ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kam/	/mji^X/
Li Rong	/kɑm/	/mji^X/
Wang Li	/kɑm/	/mi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kɑm/	/mi^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gān	mǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam¹	mei⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ[a]m [m]rəjʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kaːm mriʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	甘	美
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gān	měi
Middle Chinese	‹ kam ›	‹ mij^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁ[a]m/	/*[m]rəjʔ/
English	sweet	beautiful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	甘	美
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3652	8951
Phonetic component	甘	美
Rime group	談	脂
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	甘	美
Old Chinese	/*kaːm/	/*mriʔ/
Notes		甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀，取陳獨秀說

Adjective

甘美

(of taste) sweet and delicious
(figurative, of life) happy; sweet

Synonyms

甜美 (tiánměi)

Noun

甘美

(literary) delicious food

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甘	美
かん Grade: S	び Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんび [káꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠mbʲi]

Adjective

甘(かん)美(び) • (kanbi) -na (adnominal 甘(かん)美(び)な (kanbi na), adverbial 甘(かん)美(び)に (kanbi ni))

sweet and delicious
pleasant and attractive; fascinating

Inflection

Inflection of 甘美
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	甘美だろ	かんびだろ	kanbi daro
Continuative (連用形)	甘美で	かんびで	kanbi de
Terminal (終止形)	甘美だ	かんびだ	kanbi da
Attributive (連体形)	甘美な	かんびな	kanbi na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	甘美なら	かんびなら	kanbi nara
Imperative (命令形)	甘美であれ	かんびであれ	kanbi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	甘美ではない甘美じゃない	かんびではないかんびじゃない	kanbi de wa nai kanbi ja nai
Informal past	甘美だった	かんびだった	kanbi datta
Informal negative past	甘美ではなかった甘美じゃなかった	かんびではなかったかんびじゃなかった	kanbi de wa nakatta kanbi ja nakatta
Formal	甘美です	かんびです	kanbi desu
Formal negative	甘美ではありません甘美じゃありません	かんびではありませんかんびじゃありません	kanbi de wa arimasen kanbi ja arimasen
Formal past	甘美でした	かんびでした	kanbi deshita
Formal negative past	甘美ではありませんでした甘美じゃありませんでした	かんびではありませんでしたかんびじゃありませんでした	kanbi de wa arimasen deshita kanbi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	甘美で	かんびで	kanbi de
Conditional	甘美なら（ば）	かんびなら（ば）	kanbi nara (ba)
Provisional	甘美だったら	かんびだったら	kanbi dattara
Volitional	甘美だろう	かんびだろう	kanbi darō
Adverbial	甘美に	かんびに	kanbi ni
Degree	甘美さ	かんびさ	kanbisa

Noun

甘(かん)美(び) • (kanbi)

something that is sweet and delicious

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“甘美”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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