Sweet in Chinese (Mandarin): 甜 (tián)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 甜

• 甜

  Sweet. 舌 (tongue) is on the left.

  11 strokes

Second tone. 甜 has 舌 (tongue) and 甘 (sweet) side by side. Desserts are 甜点 (tiándiǎn).

More examples with 甜

• 西瓜很甜。

  Xīguā hěn tián.

  The watermelon is sweet.

• 我喜欢吃甜的。

  我喜歡吃甜的。

  Wǒ xǐhuan chī tián de.

  I like sweet things.

How to write 甜 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.