甜椰椰

Chinese

		sweet	coconut	coconut
trad. (甜椰椰)		甜	椰	椰
simp. #(甜椰椰)		甜	椰	椰
alternative forms		甜耶耶

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tim⁴ je⁴ je⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): tiam² yai² yai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tim⁴ je⁴ je⁴
    • Yale: tìhm yèh yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tim⁴ je⁴ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tim⁴ yé⁴ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːm²¹ jɛː²¹ jɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tiam² yai² yai²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰiam¹¹ iaɪ¹¹ iaɪ¹¹/

Adjective

甜椰椰

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, ideophonic) too sweet; unnecessarily sweet (in flavour)

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