美容

Chinese

		beautiful; beauty; America	to hold; to contain; to allow to hold; to contain; to allow; appearance; look; countenance
trad. (美容)		美	容
simp. #(美容)		美	容
anagram		容美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): měiróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mî-yùng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-iông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: měiróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: měiróng
    • Wade–Giles: mei³-jung²
    • Yale: měi-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeirong
    • Palladius: мэйжун (mɛjžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jung⁴
    • Yale: méih yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˊ (r)iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mi¹ yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴ (j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-iông
    • Tâi-lô: bí-iông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: byioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²³/

Verb

美容

1. to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to have a beauty treatment; to beautify

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
美	容
び Grade: 3	よう Grade: 5

Noun

美(び)容(よう) • (biyō) 

1. beauty (especially of a person's face or body)

Derived terms

• 美容院(びよういん) (biyōin)

See also

• Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美容