美貌

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	appearance
trad. (美貌)		美	貌
simp. #(美貌)		美	貌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měimào

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ maau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-mau
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-bāu / bí-māu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měimào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄇㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měimào
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-mao⁴
    • Yale: měi-màu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeimaw
    • Palladius: мэймао (mɛjmao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ maau⁶
    • Yale: méih maauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ maau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ mao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ maːu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-mau
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi´ mau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ mau̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-bāu
    • Tâi-lô: bí-bāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'bau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-māu
    • Tâi-lô: bí-māu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bymau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mãu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mãu³³/

Noun

美貌

1. good looks

Adjective

美貌

1. beautiful

Derived terms

• 美貌無雙／美貌无双

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美貌):

• → Japanese: 美(び)貌(ぼう) (bibō)
• → Korean: 미모(美貌) (mimo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	貌
び Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

美(び)貌(ぼう) • (bibō) 

1. beautiful countenance
2. good looks

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美貌 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美貌)