美容

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Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (美容)		美	容
simp. ^#(美容)		美	容
anagram		容美

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): měiróng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-yùng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-iông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: měiróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: měiróng
  - Wade–Giles: mei³-jung²
  - Yale: měi-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirong
  - Palladius: мэйжун (mɛjžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mei⁵ jung⁴
  - Yale: méih yùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ iungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi´ (r)iungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-iông
  - Tâi-lô: bí-iông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: byioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²³/

Verb

美容

to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to have a beauty treatment; to beautify

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	容
び Grade: 3	よう Grade: 5

Noun

美(び)容(よう) • (biyō)

beauty (especially of a person's face or body)

Derived terms

美容院(びよういん) (biyōin)

See also

Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美容 (Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美容)

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	容

Noun

美容 • (miyong) (hangeul 미용)

Hanja form^? of 미용 (“beauty”).

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