善美

Chinese

		good	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (善美)		善	美
simp. #(善美)		善	美
anagram		美善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànměi
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-mei³
    • Yale: shàn-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannmeei
    • Palladius: шаньмэй (šanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ mei⁵
    • Yale: sihn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² mei̯¹³/

Noun

善美

1. good and beautiful

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善	美
ぜん Grade: 6	び Grade: 3
goon	kan’on

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜ​んび [zéꜜǹbì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞mbʲi]

Noun

善(ぜん)美(び) • (zenbi) 

1. goodness and beauty

   善(ぜん)美(び)を尽(つ)くす

   zenbi o tsukusu

   to adorn sumptuously; to adorn with beautiful things

   善(ぜん)美(び)を尽(つ)くした建(たて)物(もの)

   zenbi o tsukushita tatemono

   a sumptuous building

   善(ぜん)美(び)を尽(つ)くした家(いえ)

   zenbi o tsukushita ie

   a sumptuously furnished house

See also

• Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/善美
• 真(しん)善(ぜん)美(び) (shinzenbi)