Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 美圖 (Meitu), a company, and its photo-editing software 美圖秀秀 (MeituPic) popular amongst Chinese.
Pronunciation[edit]
美圖
- (image manipulation) to photoshop
2017 March 13, “袁咏仪发照不美图,曹颖变脸谢大脚,锥子脸这么好?”, in 新浪网 [sina.cn][1]:
没有经过美图的照片皮肤看起来虽然不是特别白皙 [MSC, simp.]
沒有經過美圖的照片皮膚看起來雖然不是特別白皙 [MSC, trad.]- méiyǒu jīngguò měitú de zhàopiàn pífū kàn qǐlái suīrán bùshì tèbié báixī [Pinyin]
- [In this] photo that hasn't been photoshopped, even though the skin does not appear to be particularly white, [...]
2018 June 18, “孫燕姿素顏晒糉度佳節:美圖是我好朋友”, in 東網 [on.cc][2]:
不過孫燕姿就自爆美圖先有呢個效果 [Cantonese, trad.]
不过孙燕姿就自爆美图先有呢个效果 [Cantonese, simp.]- bat1 gwo3 syun1 jin3 zi1 zau6 zi6 baau3 mei5 tou4 sin1 jau5 ni1 go3 haau6 gwo2 [Jyutping]
- But Stefanie Sun exposes that it is only through photoshopping that this effect is achieved.
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幾多天仙 經過美圖虛張過 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
几多天仙 经过美图虚张过 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- gei2 do1 tin1 sin1, ging1 gwo3 mei5 tou4 heoi1 zoeng1 gwo3 [Jyutping]
- How often has "beauty" been exaggerated through photoshopping?
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