美女
Chinese
beautiful pretty lovely |
woman girl | ||
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trad. (美女) | 美 | 女 | |
simp. #(美女) | 美 | 女 |
Pronunciation
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Noun
(deprecated template usage) 美女
- beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
- 美女與野獸/美女与野兽 ― měinǚ yǔ yěshòu ― beauty and the beast
- 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)
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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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.
Pronunciation
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Noun
- a beautiful girl or woman, a beauty
- 美女と野獣
- 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)
- 美女と野獣
See also
- 眠れる森の美女 (Nemureru Mori no Bijo): Sleeping Beauty
- 美男 (binan): a beautiful man
- 美少女 (bishōjo): a beautiful girl
References
Korean
Hanja in this term | |
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美 | 女 |
Noun
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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美 | 女 |
Noun
美女
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- zh:Appearance
- zh:Female people
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