鮮美

See also: 鲜美

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (鮮美)		鮮	美
simp. (鲜美)		鲜	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sián-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānměi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sianměi
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-mei³
    • Yale: syān-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianmeei
    • Palladius: сяньмэй (sjanʹmɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin¹ mei⁵
    • Yale: sīn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sián-bí
    • Tâi-lô: sián-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siefnbie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鮮美

1. delicious; tasty
2. (literary) fresh and pleasing

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鮮美):

• → Japanese: 鮮美(せんび) (senbi)
• → Korean: 선미(鮮美) (seonmi)