可爱 — meaning in English

English meaning

• charming adj Pleasant, attractive, and likeable.
• cute adj Attractive in a charming, often small or youthful way.
• cutie noun Informal: a cute or attractive person.
• darling noun A term of affection for someone very dear to the speaker.
• luscious adj Richly sweet, juicy, and delicious.

Senses

可爱 is used for these senses in English:

• charming Pleasant, charismatic.
• cute Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
• cutie A cute person or animal.
• darling (affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.
• luscious Sweet and pleasant; delicious.
• sickly sweet Too sweet; sickeningly sweet or sentimental.

charming — full definition

1. adj Pleasant, attractive, and likeable.
2. intj (sarcastic) Used to express disapproval of rude or unpleasant behaviour.

cute — full definition

1. adj Attractive in a charming, often small or youthful way.
2. adj Trying too hard to be clever or charming, in a way that can seem forced.

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