美觀

See also: 美观

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery
trad. (美觀)		美	觀
simp. (美观)		美	观

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ gun¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měiguan
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-kuan¹
    • Yale: měi-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiguan
    • Palladius: мэйгуань (mɛjguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ gun¹
    • Yale: méih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-koan
    • Tâi-lô: bí-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: by'koafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan⁴⁴/

Adjective

美觀

1. aesthetically pleasing; pleasing to the eye; beautiful

Usage notes

美觀／美观 (měiguān) commonly describes objects, movements, etc., while 美麗／美丽 (měilì) can describe objects and movements, as well as people.

Synonyms

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• 俊 (jùn)
• 俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
• 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
• 俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
• 俏麗／俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
• 奇麗／奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
• 好看 (hǎokàn)
• 妖嬌／妖娇 (“iau-kiau”) (Hokkien)
• 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
• 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
• 嬌豔／娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
• 嬌逸／娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
• 悅目／悦目 (yuèmù)
• 是樣／是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
• 標緻／标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
• 清秀 (qīngxiù)
• 漂亮
• 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
• 秀美 (xiùměi)
• 秀麗／秀丽 (xiùlì)
• 綺麗／绮丽 (qǐlì)
• 繁華／繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 美麗／美丽 (měilì)
• 耐看 (nàikàn)
• 花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
• 豔麗／艳丽 (yànlì)
• 邊式／边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
• 體面／体面 (tǐmiàn)
• 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
• 鮮麗／鲜丽 (xiānlì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Taiwan	好看, 漂亮
	Chifeng	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	好看, 漂亮
	Harbin	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
	Shenyang	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Singapore	美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	好看, 漂亮
	Tangshan	好看
	Cangzhou	好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Baoding	好看, 漂亮
	Shijiazhuang	好看
	Jinan	好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	俊
	Qingdao	漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
	Wanrong	好看
	Zhengzhou	漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
	Xi'an	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
	Xining	好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
	Xuzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
	Lanzhou	好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
	Ürümqi	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
	Chongqing	美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
	Wuhan	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
	Guiyang	抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
	Kunming	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Guilin	漂亮
	Liuzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Yangzhou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
	Nantong	好看, 漂亮
	Hefei	美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese	Guangzhou	靚2, 好睇, 好樣
	Hong Kong	靚2, 好睇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	靚2
	Macau	靚2
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	靚2
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	靚2
	Foshan	靚2
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	靚2
	Foshan (Shunde)	靚2
	Foshan (Sanshui)	靚2
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	靚2
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	靚2
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	靚2
	Taishan	靚2
	Kaiping (Chikan)	靚2
	Enping (Niujiang)	靚2
	Heshan (Yayao)	靚2
	Dongguan	靚2, 好樣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	靚2
	Yangjiang	好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	靚2
	Penang (Guangfu)	靚2
	Singapore (Guangfu)	靚2
Gan	Nanchang	客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
	Lichuan	好看
	Pingxiang	好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標
Hakka	Meixian	好看, 靚2, 靚3, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅
	Xingning	靚2
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	靚2
	Huiyang	靚2
	Huidong (Daling)	靚2
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	靚2
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	靚2
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	靚2
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	靚2
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	俏, 靚2
	Wuhua (Changbu)	靚2
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	靚3
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	靚2
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	靚3
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	排場
	Liannan	靚2
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	靚2
	Jiexi	靚2
	Changting	靚3
	Wuping	靚3
	Wuping (Pingyu)	靚3
	Liancheng	靚3
	Ninghua	靚3
	Yudu	標緻, 齊整
	Ruijin	靚3
	Shicheng	像, 標緻, 好看
	Shangyou (Shexi)	靚2, 整, 標緻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	靚3
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	鬧, 靚3
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	靚3
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	靚3
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	靚3
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	靚3
	Hong Kong	靚2
	Luchuan	靚2
	Senai (Huiyang)	靚2
	Kuching (Hepo)	靚3
Huizhou	Jixi	好看, 標緻, 漂亮
	Shexian	好看, 漂亮
Jin	Taiyuan	好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
	Xinzhou	好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
	Linhe	美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
	Jining	好看, 襲人
	Hohhot	好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
	Zhangjiakou	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
	Handan	美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊
Northern Min	Jian'ou	好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮
	Singapore (Fuqing)	俊
Southern Min	Xiamen	媠, 好看
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	媠, 俏
	Quanzhou	媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
	Jinjiang	媠, 㜅
	Shishi	媠
	Anxi	媠
	Zhangzhou	媠, 好看
	Zhao'an	媠
	Dongshan	媠
	Taipei	媠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	媠
	Kaohsiung	媠
	Tainan	媠
	Kinmen	媠
	Penghu (Magong)	媠
	Penang (Hokkien)	媠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	媠, 俏
	Manila (Hokkien)	媠, 好看, 㜅
	Longyan	媠
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	靚2
	Chaozhou	雅, 好睇
	Shantou	雅, 媠, 好睇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	雅, 媠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	雅
	Jieyang	雅, 媠, 如雅
	Puning	雅, 生好, 好睇
	Lufeng	媠, 生好
	Haifeng	媠, 生好
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	雅
	Singapore (Teochew)	雅
	Leizhou	清楚
	Wenchang	靚4, 好望
	Haikou	靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
	Qionghai	靚4
	Singapore (Hainanese)	靚4
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	靚2, 好覷
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	㜺, 靚2
Wu	Shanghai	漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	畢㜺
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	出客
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	靈
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	靈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	標緻, 樣式, 登樣
	Suzhou	好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
	Danyang	好看, 漂亮, 標緻
	Hangzhou	好看, 漂亮
	Ningbo	好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
	Wenzhou	好覷, 生好, 骨切
	Jinhua	好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang	Changsha	好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
	Loudi	漂亮
	Shuangfeng	好看, 漂亮