美男子

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	man; male
trad. (美男子)		美	男子
simp. #(美男子)		美	男子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měinánzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ naam⁴ zi²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): mui² nam⁵ ze²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měinánzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měinánzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-nan²-tzŭ³
    • Yale: měi-nán-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeinantzyy
    • Palladius: мэйнаньцзы (mɛjnanʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ naam⁴ zi²
    • Yale: méih nàahm jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ naam⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ nam⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ naːm²¹ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mui² nam⁵ ze²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: múi nâm tsṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵²⁻³⁵ nam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²/

Noun

美男子

1. handsome man; beautiful young man

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 美男子 (“handsome man”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		美男子, 俊男
Mandarin	Taiwan	帥哥
	Singapore	帥哥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚仔
	Hong Kong	靚仔
	Taishan	靚仔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚仔
	Dongguan	靚仔
	Yangjiang	靚仔
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚仔
Hakka	Meixian	靚仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚仔
Southern Min	Anxi	緣投的
	Tainan	緣投仔桑
	Penang (Hokkien)	緣投峇
	Jieyang	雅囝

Related terms

• 美女 (měinǚ)
• 美少年 (měishàonián)
• 美少女 (měishàonǚ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	男	子
び Grade: 3	だん Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲidã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

美(び)男(だん)子(し) • (bidanshi) 

1. beautiful young man

Related terms

• 美少年(びしょうねん) (bishōnen): beautiful young boy
• 美少女(びしょうじょ) (bishōjo): pretty young girl
• 美女(びじょ) (bijo): beautiful woman

Korean

Hanja in this term
美	男	子

Noun

美男子 • (minamja) (hangeul 미남자)

1. Hanja form^? of 미남자 (“beautiful young man”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美	男	子

Noun

美男子

1. chữ Hán form of mỹ nam tử (“a beautiful young man”).