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可愛い in Chinese / Japanese...

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Adorable / Cute / Lovely

 ka wai i
Adorable / Cute / Lovely Scroll

可愛い is a Japanese word that means cute, adorable, charming, lovely, or pretty.

Depending on the context, it can also mean dear, precious, darling, pet, cute little, or tiny.

If you love your child, send them out into the world

 kawaii ko ni wa tabi o sa seyo
If you love your child, send them out into the world Scroll

可愛い子には旅をさせよ is a Japanese proverb that means “If you love your children, send them out on a journey into the world.”

This is kind of similar to the western phrase, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.”

More literally, this reads, “Cute child, a journey granted.”
That “granted” could also be understood as “should be initiated.”


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 可愛い search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

可愛い

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 kawayui
    かわゆい
    kawaii / kawai
    かわいい

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Adorable / Cute / Lovely
(ateji / phonetic) (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) (adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny; (ateji / phonetic) (adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny

可愛い子には旅をさせよ

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 kawaiikonihatabiosaseyo / kawaikonihatabiosaseyo
    かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
(expression) (proverb) Spare the rod and spoil the child; If you love your children, send them out into the world

エロ可愛い

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 erokawaii / erokawai
    エロかわいい
(adjective) (slang) sexy, but still cute

きも可愛い

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 kimokawaii / kimokawai
    きもかわいい
(can act as adjective) (slang) (colloquialism) being both repellant and attractive at the same time; being both cute and disgusting

グロ可愛い

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 gurokawaii; gurokawaii / gurokawai; gurokawai
    グロかわいい; グロカワイイ
(adjective) grotesque but cute

ブサ可愛い

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 busakawaii / busakawai
    ブサかわいい
(adjective) (slang) ugly but cute; adorably ugly

ブス可愛い

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 busukawaii / busukawai
    ブスかわいい
(adjective) (colloquialism) ugly but cute; adorably ugly

大人可愛い

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 otonakawaii / otonakawai
    おとなかわいい
(exp,adj-i) adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness

格好可愛い

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 kakkoukawaii / kakkokawai
    かっこうかわいい
(exp,adj-i) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

かっこ可愛い

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 kakkokawaii / kakkokawai
    かっこかわいい
(exp,adj-i) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

可愛いこちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) popsy; cutie; sweetie

可愛い子ちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) popsy; cutie; sweetie

馬鹿な子ほど可愛い

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 bakanakohodokawaii / bakanakohodokawai
    ばかなこほどかわいい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) a foolish child is more precious

可愛い(ateji)

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 kawaii(p); kawayui; kawaii; kawaii / kawai(p); kawayui; kawai; kawai
    かわいい(P); かわゆい; カワイイ; カワイい
(adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (adjective) (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (adjective) (3) (kana only) innocent; childlike; childish; lovable; (adjective) (4) (kana only) dainty; little; tiny

Variations:
きも可愛い
キモ可愛い

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 kimokawaii(kimo可愛i); kimokawaii(kimo可愛i); kimokawaii / kimokawai(kimo可愛i); kimokawai(kimo可愛i); kimokawai
    きもかわいい(きも可愛い); キモかわいい(キモ可愛い); キモカワイイ
(adjective) (slang) both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting

Variations:
大人可愛い
大人かわいい

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 otonakawaii / otonakawai
    おとなかわいい
(exp,adj-i) adult-cute; grown-up but girlish; fashion style of adult women characterized by makeup and clothing that subtly emphasizes cuteness

Variations:
カッコ可愛い
かっこ可愛い
格好可愛い

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 kakkokawaii(kakko可愛i); kakkoukawaii(格好可愛i); kakkokawaii; kakkokawaii(kakko可愛i) / kakkokawai(kakko可愛i); kakkokawai(格好可愛i); kakkokawai; kakkokawai(kakko可愛i)
    カッコかわいい(カッコ可愛い); かっこうかわいい(格好可愛い); カッコカワイイ; かっこかわいい(かっこ可愛い)
(exp,adj-i) (See 格好・かっこう・2) cool and cute; cool in a cute way; cute in a cool way

Variations:
かわいい子には旅をさせよ
可愛い子には旅をさせよ

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 kawaiikonihatabiosaseyo / kawaikonihatabiosaseyo
    かわいいこにはたびをさせよ
(expression) (proverb) spare the rod and spoil the child; if you love your children, send them out into the world

Variations:
可愛い子ちゃん
可愛いこちゃん
かわいい子ちゃん

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 kawaiikochan / kawaikochan
    かわいいこちゃん
(colloquialism) (See かわい子ちゃん・かわいこちゃん) cutie; sweetie

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)
Adorable
Cute
Lovely
可愛い
可爱い
ka wai i / kawaii
If you love your child, send them out into the world可愛い子には旅をさせよkawaii ko ni wa tabi o sa seyo
kawaiikoniwatabiosaseyo
kawai ko ni wa tabi o sa seyo
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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