美麗

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See also: 美丽

Chinese

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beautiful; beauty beautiful
trad. (美麗)
simp. (美丽)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (17) (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mijX lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪX/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiX/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪX/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiX/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/mjiX/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/miX/ /lǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren
/miX/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mijX › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m]rəjʔ/ /*[r]ˁe-s/
English beautiful symmetrical

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 8951 7914
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriʔ/ /*reːls/
Notes

Adjective

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美麗

  1. beautiful
    美麗景色美丽景色  ―  měilì jǐngsè  ―  beautiful views
    美麗 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǎng de hěn měilì. [Pinyin]
    She is very beautiful.
    法語一門美麗語言 [MSC, trad.]
    法语一门美丽语言 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
    鄉下美麗田園風光風景區 [MSC, trad.]
    乡下美丽田园风光风景区 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo. [Pinyin]
    If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Noun

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美麗

  1. beauty
    自然美麗自然美丽  ―  zìrán měilì  ―  natural beauty
    美麗確是無與倫比 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽确是无与伦比 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de měilì quèshì wúyǔlúnbǐ. [Pinyin]
    Her beauty is beyond compare.

Usage notes

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美麗美丽 (měilì) can describe objects and movements, as well as people, while 美觀美观 (měiguān) usually only describes objects, movements, etc., and not people.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (美麗):
  • Japanese: ()(れい) (birei)
  • Vietnamese: mĩ lệ (美麗)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
れい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

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()(れい) (birei-na (adnominal ()(れい) (birei na), adverbial ()(れい) (birei ni))

  1. beautiful

Inflection

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Antonyms

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Noun

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()(れい) (birei

  1. (extreme) beauty

See also

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See also

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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美麗

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ lệ (beautiful; lovely).