比美

Chinese

		side by side; compare; to gesture side by side; compare; to gesture; than; ratio	beautiful; beauty; America
trad. (比美)		比	美
simp. #(比美)		比	美

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐměi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei² mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pí-bí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐměi [Phonetic: bíměi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐměi
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-mei³
    • Yale: bǐ-měi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biimeei
    • Palladius: бимэй (bimɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei² mei⁵
    • Yale: béi méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pí-bí
    • Tâi-lô: pí-bí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: py'bie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

Verb

比美

1. to compare favourably with; to (be able to) match; to be comparable with

Synonyms

• 媲美 (pìměi)