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Adorable / Cute / Lovely
This Japanese word means cute, adorable, charming, lovely, or pretty.
Depending on context, it can also mean dear, precious, darling, pet, cute little, or tiny.
Adorable / Cute / Lovely
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.
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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| 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 ka ai / かわい |
 More info & calligraphy: (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: |
萌 see styles |
méng / meng2 meng hō / もゆる |
to sprout; to bud; to have a strong affection for (slang); adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character) (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; (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 |
かわゆす see styles |
kawayusu / かわゆす | (interjection) (abbreviation) 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 |
めんごい see styles |
mengoi / めんごい | (adjective) (thb:) (hob:) dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely; sweet; beloved; charming |
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 |
カワイイ see styles |
kawaii / kawai / カワイイ | (adjective) (1) (kana only) cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) cute little; tiny |
カワユス see styles |
kawayusu / カワユス | (interjection) (abbreviation) cute!; adorable! |
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 |
カワユス;かわゆす see styles |
kawayusu;kawayusu / カワユス;かわゆす | (interjection) (abbreviation) (from かわゆいです) (See かわゆい・1) cute!; adorable! |
可愛い(ateji) see styles |
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; (2) (kana only) dear; precious; darling; pet; (3) (kana only) innocent; childlike; childish; lovable; (4) (kana only) dainty; cute little; tiny |
めんこい;めごい;めんごい see styles |
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 |
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