美女

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Chinese

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beautiful
pretty
lovely
woman
girl
trad. (美女)
simp. #(美女)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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美女

  1. beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady
    美女野獸美女野兽  ―  měinǚ yǔ yěshòu  ―  beauty and the beast
  2. A polite term of address to any woman: miss; ma'am; honey

Synonyms

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  • (beautiful woman):
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  • (term of address): 女生 (nǚshēng), 女士 (nǚshì), various female relations such as 阿姨 (āyí)

Coordinate terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
じょ
Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

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/bidjo//bid͡ʑjo//biʑo/

From Middle Chinese 美女 (MC mijX nrjoX). The kan'on, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(じょ) (bijoびぢよ (bidyo)?

  1. a beautiful girl or woman, a beauty
    Synonym: 美人 (bijin, beautiful woman, literally “beautiful person”)
    Antonyms: 悪女 (akujo, ugly woman; wicked or evil woman), 醜女 (buonna, shikome, shūjo, ugly woman)
    ()(じょ)()(じゅう)
    Bijo to Yajū
    Beauty and the Beast

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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美女 (minyeo) (hangeul 미녀)

  1. hanja form? of 미녀 (a beautiful woman, a beauty)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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美女

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ nữ/mỹ nữ (a beautiful woman, a beauty).