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Adorable / Cute / Lovely
ka wai i
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.
Adorable / Cute / Lovely
kě ài
ka wai
可愛 is a Chinese word that means adorable, cute, and lovely.
It also has a similar meaning in Japanese, but it's more often used as the given name Kawai.
In the Buddhist context, it can mean agreeable.
These search terms might be related to Adorable:
Adorable / Cute / Lovely
Sweet / Sweetness / Charm
The Farts of Others Stink, but One’s Own Smells Sweet
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
可愛 可爱 see styles |
kě ài ke3 ai4 k`o ai ko ai kawai かわい |
More info & calligraphy: Adorable / Cute / Lovely(can act as adjective) (See 可愛い・1) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (surname, female given name) Kawai agreeable |
可愛い see styles |
kawayui かわゆい kawaii / kawai かわいい |
More info & calligraphy: Adorable / Cute / Lovely |
萌 see styles |
méng meng2 meng moyuru もゆる |
(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character); (literary) common people (variant of 氓[meng2]) (female given name) Moyuru a sprout |
幼気 see styles |
itaike いたいけ |
(adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) young and sweet; adorable; cute; tender; innocent; (adjectival noun) (2) (kana only) pitiful; touching; pathetic; helpless |
愛し see styles |
hashi はし |
(adj-shiku) (archaism) lovely; beloved; sweet; adorable |
めごい see styles |
megoi めごい |
(adjective) (thb:) (hob:) dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely; sweet; beloved; charming |
労たし see styles |
routashi / rotashi ろうたし |
(adverb) frail and cute (esp. of young women); adorable; lovely |
卡哇伊 see styles |
kǎ wā yī ka3 wa1 yi1 k`a wa i ka wa i |
cute; adorable; charming (loanword from Japanese) |
萌萌噠 萌萌哒 see styles |
méng méng dā meng2 meng2 da1 meng meng ta |
(Internet slang) adorable; cute |
裝可愛 装可爱 see styles |
zhuāng kě ài zhuang1 ke3 ai4 chuang k`o ai chuang ko ai |
to act cute; putting on adorable airs; to pretend to be lovely |
カワイい see styles |
kawaii / kawai カワイい |
(adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny |
かわゆす see styles |
kawayusu かわゆす |
(interjection) (abbreviation) cute!; adorable! |
かわよい see styles |
kawayoi かわよい |
(adjective) (slang) (See かわいい・1) cute; adorable |
めんこい see styles |
menkoi めんこい |
(adjective) (thb:) (hob:) dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely; sweet; beloved; charming |
可愛ゆい see styles |
kawayui かわゆい |
(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 |
愛らしい see styles |
airashii / airashi あいらしい |
(adjective) pretty; charming; lovely; adorable |
憨態可掬 憨态可掬 see styles |
hān tài kě jū han1 tai4 ke3 ju1 han t`ai k`o chü han tai ko chü |
(of pandas, ducklings etc) adorable; cute |
可愛らしい see styles |
kawairashii / kawairashi かわいらしい |
(adjective) lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable |
可愛げがない see styles |
kawaigeganai かわいげがない |
(exp,adj-i) charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all |
Variations: |
kawayo; kawayo かわヨ; かわよ |
(noun or adjectival noun) (net-sl) (joc) (from reversed E in かわＥ (かわいい)) (See かわいい・1) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty |
可愛い(rK) |
kawayui かわゆい |
(adjective) (1) (kana only) (dated) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (adjective) (2) (kana only) (dated) dear; precious; darling; pet; (adjective) (3) (kana only) (dated) innocent; childlike; childish; lovable; (adjective) (4) (kana only) (dated) dainty; little; tiny |
Variations: |
kawayusu; kawayusu カワユス; かわゆす |
(interjection) (abbreviation) (net-sl) (from かわゆいです) (See かわゆい・1) cute!; adorable! |
可愛い(ateji) |
kawaii(p); kawaii(sk); kawaii(sk); kawaiii(sk); kawaai(sk); kawaee(sk) / kawai(p); kawai(sk); kawai(sk); kawaii(sk); kawai(sk); kawaee(sk) かわいい(P); カワイイ(sk); カワイい(sk); かわいーい(sk); かわーい(sk); かわえー(sk) |
(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: |
menkoi; megoi; mengoi めんこい; めごい; めんごい |
(adjective) (thb:) (hob:) dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely; sweet; beloved; charming |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Adorable Cute Lovely | 可愛い 可爱い | ka wai i / kawaii | ||
| Adorable Cute Lovely | 可愛 可爱 | ka wai / kawai | kě ài / ke3 ai4 / ke ai / keai | k`o ai / koai / ko ai |
| 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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