甘蜜

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	honey
simp. and trad. (甘蜜)		甘	蜜

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Malay gambir (“gambier”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄇㄧˋ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kam-bi̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam¹ bhig⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganmì
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-mi⁴
    • Yale: gān-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganmih
    • Palladius: ганьми (ganʹmi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mi⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kam-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kambit
    • IPA (Singapore): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² bit̚⁴³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam¹ bhig⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kam bi̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam³³⁻²³ bik̚⁴/

Noun

甘蜜

1. (chiefly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) gambier (Uncaria gambir)

References

• Lim Hiong Seng (1886) “Commercial”, in Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press, page 119