美人

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
美 人

Noun[edit]

美人 (hiragana びじん, romaji bijin)

  1. a beautiful woman

Usage notes[edit]

  • The 美 morpheme denotes feminine beauty.

Mandarin[edit]

simpl. and trad.
美人

Noun[edit]

美人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin měirén)

  1. a beautiful woman
  2. (archaic) a royal consort

References[edit]

  • "美人" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-16.
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