美麗
See also: 美丽
Chinese
beautiful; beauty | beautiful | ||
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trad. (美麗) | 美 | 麗 | |
simp. (美丽) | 美 | 丽 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měilì
- Wade–Giles: mei3-li4
- Yale: měi-lì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeilih
- Palladius: мэйли (mɛjli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei5 lai6
- Yale: méih laih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 lai6
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 lei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ lɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mî-li
- Hakka Romanization System: miˊ li
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi1 li4
- Sinological IPA: /mi²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: mijX lje
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[m]rəjʔ [r]ˤe-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mriʔ reːls/
Adjective
美麗
Synonyms
- 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)
- 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
- 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
- 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)
- 美觀/美观 (měiguān)
- 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)
Antonyms
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 美麗
Usage notes
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
References
- “Entry #5463”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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美 | 麗 |
び Grade: 3 |
れい Grade: S |
on'yomi |
Adjective
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Antonyms
Inflection
Inflection of 美麗
Stem forms | |||
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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 |
Noun
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- (extreme) beauty
See also
See also
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗(うつくしさ)
- Appendix:Gikun_Usage_in_Meiji_Version_of_Japanese_Bible/美麗き
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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美 | 麗 |
Adjective
美麗
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