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Chinese symbol for “sweetener”

甜味剂
tián wèi jì
Traditional: 甜味劑
sweetener (food additive)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sweetener is 甜味剂 (tián wèi jì), defined as: sweetener (food additive).

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Characters and stroke order

甜 tián
sweet, sweetness
radical 99 ⽢ · 11 strokes
味 wèi
taste; smell, odor; delicacy
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
剂 jì
dose; medicine; measure word for medicines
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sweetener”

WordPinyinMeaning
甘味剂 (甘味劑)gān wèi jìsweetener
甘味料gān wèi liàosweetener

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甜味剂.

WordPinyinMeaning
甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
甜美tián měisweet; pleasant
甜点 (甜點)tián diǎndessert
甜心tián xīndelighted to oblige; sweetheart
甜食tián shídessert; sweet
甜品tián pǐndessert
意味着 (意味著)yì wèi zheto signify; to mean
味道wèi daoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)
剂量 (劑量)jì liàngdosage; prescribed dose of medicine

See also: Japanese symbol for “sweetener”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.