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美麗

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See also: 美丽

Chinese

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beautiful; beauty beautiful
trad. (美麗)
simp. (美丽)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (4) (37)
Final () (17) (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter mijX lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠiɪX/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚiX/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen
/miɪX/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mjiX/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong
/mjiX/ /lie/
Wang
Li
/miX/ /lǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/miX/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mei5 lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
měi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mijX › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[m]rəjʔ/ /*[r]ˁe-s/
English beautiful symmetrical

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 8951 7914
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mriʔ/ /*reːls/
Notes

Adjective

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美麗

  1. beautiful
    美麗景色美丽景色  ―  měilì jǐngsè  ―  beautiful views
    美麗 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǎng de hěn měilì. [Pinyin]
    She is very beautiful.
    法語一門美麗語言 [MSC, trad.]
    法语一门美丽语言 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán. [Pinyin]
    French is a beautiful language.
    鄉下美麗田園風光風景區 [MSC, trad.]
    乡下美丽田园风光风景区 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo. [Pinyin]
    If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Noun

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美麗

  1. beauty
    自然美麗自然美丽  ―  zìrán měilì  ―  natural beauty
    美麗確是無與倫比 [MSC, trad.]
    美丽确是无与伦比 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de měilì quèshì wúyǔlúnbǐ. [Pinyin]
    Her beauty is beyond compare.

Usage notes

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美麗美丽 (měilì) can describe objects and movements, as well as people, while 美觀美观 (měiguān) usually only describes objects, movements, etc., and not people.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (美麗):
  • Japanese: ()(れい) (birei)
  • Vietnamese: mĩ lệ (美麗)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
れい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

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()(れい) (birei-na (adnominal ()(れい) (birei na), adverbial ()(れい) (birei ni))

  1. beautiful

Inflection

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Inflection of 美麗
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 美麗だろ びれいだろ birei daro
Continuative (連用形) 美麗で びれいで birei de
Terminal (終止形) 美麗だ びれいだ birei da
Attributive (連体形) 美麗な びれいな birei na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 美麗なら びれいなら birei nara
Imperative (命令形) 美麗であれ びれいであれ birei de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 美麗ではない
美麗じゃない
びれいではない
びれいじゃない
birei de wa nai
birei ja nai
Informal past 美麗だった びれいだった birei datta
Informal negative past 美麗ではなかった
美麗じゃなかった
びれいではなかった
びれいじゃなかった
birei de wa nakatta
birei ja nakatta
Formal 美麗です びれいです birei desu
Formal negative 美麗ではありません
美麗じゃありません
びれいではありません
びれいじゃありません
birei de wa arimasen
birei ja arimasen
Formal past 美麗でした びれいでした birei deshita
Formal negative past 美麗ではありませんでした
美麗じゃありませんでした
びれいではありませんでした
びれいじゃありませんでした
birei de wa arimasen deshita
birei ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 美麗で びれいで birei de
Conditional 美麗なら(ば) びれいなら(ば) birei nara (ba)
Provisional 美麗だったら びれいだったら birei dattara
Volitional 美麗だろう びれいだろう birei darō
Adverbial 美麗に びれいに birei ni
Degree 美麗さ びれいさ bireisa

Antonyms

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Noun

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()(れい) (birei

  1. (extreme) beauty

See also

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See also

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References

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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美麗

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ lệ (beautiful; lovely)