幽美

Chinese

		quiet; secluded	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (幽美)		幽	美
simp. #(幽美)		幽	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōuměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: youměi
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-mei³
    • Yale: yōu-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioumeei
    • Palladius: юмэй (jumɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: yāu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/

Adjective

幽美

1. (literary, of an environment) beautiful and tranquil; secluded and enchanting

Synonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 古雅 (gǔyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)