lovely 和 cute 在用法和詞義上有哪些區別？

02-27

The difference is "cute" is more about appearance and "lovely" can be used to describe something pleasing or satisfying things or situations as well.

Cute

sweet, attractive, but not necessarily in a sexual way (to me, not beautiful)
often used to describe children and young animals
often used to describe small things

Examples:

Oh, your cat is so cute!
I love babies; theyre so cute!
He has a cute nose!

Lovely

beautiful, attractive
can be used to describe the whole person rather than just appearance
can be used to describe a situation that is pleasant or enjoyable

Examples:

I had a lovely evening with you!
The weather is lovely today!
Thats a lovely dress!

Sentences where they can both be used:

Shes so cute! (She is probably a child)
Shes so lovely! (She is probably over 20 or she could be a child with a nice personality and appearance)
Your apartment looks lovely! (Well-decorated in a mature way)
Your apartment is so cute! (Small and pretty)

I know its common in China to call females of almost any age "cute" or "可愛", but in many Western countries, its weird to call a woman cute after about 20.

I hope this is helpful.

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在英國留過一段時間學，部分當地人會對用lovely來回應某一件事請或者表示給予一定肯定（等同於good），中文可以翻譯成很好。個人認為lovely更用於廣泛的讚美，cute更注重特徵，比如小巧、性格可愛等。

從使用範圍上說，cute一般只用於形容人和動物，lovely還可以用於別的東西，比如a lovely house, lovely weather。

從意義上說，在形容人和動物時，lovely是一般的「可愛」，cute則主要指「萌」。

用cute來形容人，會有一種「幼稚」的弦外之音，因此並不是所有人都喜歡別人稱讚自己cute。

在使用cute的時候要注意分寸，可惜我自己也把握不準。

For starters, "cute" is less frequently used to describe a situation. You could have a lovely time, but not a cute one. Nor could you have a cute meal. You could say "That was cute." after you just saw something like a nice puppy.

The two words also have different connotations in most contexts. Lovely is a word to describe someone or something wholesome, hearty, earthy, delightful and/or kind. Cute is, on the other hand, like an innocent version of the word "sexy".

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A Cute Cat

Essentially: If someone is lovely, you want to sit back in your comfy chair and have a nice meal or drink while you chat with them. Youll have a lovely time.

Something cute, on the other hand, makes you want to grab it and hug and cuddle it because its irresistibly adorable, be it animal, child (your own or not) or your significant other.

lovely 用得較為廣泛：（用於女性、兒童、景色、物品等）在外表上能使人感到美好動人、漂亮可愛, 帶有親切之意；或（人的感受）令人愉快的；極好的；或（人的品質）親切和善的；心地善良的。

1. lovely countryside / eyes / flowers

美麗的鄉村 / 眼睛 / 花朵

2. She looked particularly lovely that night.

她那天晚上特別嫵媚動人。

3. He has a lovely voice.

他說話的聲音很好聽。

4. What a lovely smile she has!

她的微笑多可愛呀!

5. How lovely to see you!

見到你多麼讓人高興！

6. Isnt it a lovely day?

天氣真好呀！

7. Weve had a lovely time.

我們玩得很痛快。

8. Shes a lovely child.

她是個心地善良的孩子。

Cute (人或物小而可愛）可愛的; 迷人的；或（人）嫵媚的;性感的。

9. The baby is plump and very cute.

那個嬰兒白白胖胖的,十分可愛.

10. Oh, look at that dog! Hes so cute.

哦，看看那條狗!它太可愛了。

11. She wasnt beautiful. But she was kind of cute.

她不漂亮，但她有幾分可愛。

12. There was this girl, and I thought she was really cute.

就是這個女孩，我認為她非常性感。

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CUTE,CUTY,Q多可以用來形容小孩子，有寵溺的意思在裡面。 Lovely可以用來形容不帶生命的東西，相對CUTE比較客觀的情感因素。

lovely可以描述任何事物，可以理解為最普適性最高的「可愛」或者就是萬用褒義詞。

英國人超級愛用lovely，lovely day, lovely food, lovely house, blah blah blah，基本上就是「好」的意思了。

cute只用於修飾人或動物，因為它更多的是描述外貌可愛。

而且需要注意的是，口語里，用cute形容一個人的話，幾乎等同於pretty，使用頻率極高，跟國內「帥哥」、「美女」基本是一個意思，所以要慎用，比如cute guy這樣的詞。

至於中國人愛用的「萌」（源於日語），對應的其實是adorable。

比如，awwww, your cat is adoooooorable!

Lovely=好

Cute=可愛

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