美女

Chinese

		beautiful pretty lovely	woman girl
trad. (美女)		美	女
simp. #(美女)		美	女

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 美女

1. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady

   美女與野獸／美女与野兽  ―  měinǚ yǔ yěshòu  ―  beauty and the beast

2. A polite term of address to any woman: miss, ma'am, honey, &c.

Synonyms

• (beautiful woman): (chiefly Cantonese) 靚女／靓女 (liàngnǚ), 美人 (měirén), (literary, figuratively) 行雨 (xíngyǔ)
• (term of address): 女生 (nǚshēng), 女士 (nǚshì), various female relations such as 阿姨 (āyí)

Coordinate terms

• 帥哥／帅哥 (shuàigē)

Related terms

• 美男子 (měinánzǐ)
• 美少女 (měishàonǚ)
• 美少年 (měishàonián)

Derived terms

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	女
び Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

/bidjo/ → /bid͡ʑjo/ → /biʑo/

From Middle Chinese 美女 (MC mijX nrjoX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

美(び)女(じょ) • (bijo) ^{←びぢよ (bidyo)?}

1. a beautiful girl or woman, a beauty

   美(び)女(じょ)と野(や)獣(じゅう)

   Bijo to Yajū

   Beauty and the Beast

   Synonym: (“beautiful woman”, literally “beautiful person”) 美人 (bijin)

   Antonym: (“ugly woman; wicked or evil woman”) 悪女 (akujo)

See also

• 眠(ねむ)れる森(もり)の美(び)女(じょ) (Nemureru Mori no Bijo): Sleeping Beauty
• 美(び)男(なん) (binan): a beautiful man
• 美(び)少(しょう)女(じょ) (bishōjo): a beautiful girl

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Korean

Hanja in this term
美	女

Noun

美女 • (minyeo) (hangeul 미녀)

1. hanja form^? of 미녀 (“a beautiful woman, a beauty”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	女

Noun

美女

1. chữ Hán form of mĩ nữ/mỹ nữ (“a beautiful woman, a beauty”).