美麗

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See also: 美丽

Chinese

beautiful; beauty beautiful
trad. (美麗) 美 麗
simp. (美丽) 美 丽

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (17) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 無鄙切 呂支切
Baxter mijX lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠiɪX/ /liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚiX/ /liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miɪX/ /ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mjiX/ /liə̆/
Li
Rong 		/mjiX/ /lie/
Wang
Li 		/miX/ /lǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/miX/ /lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mǐ lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei5 lei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		měi lì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mijX › ‹ lejH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*rəjʔ/ /*ˁe-s/
English beautiful symmetrical

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 美 麗
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 8951 7914
Phonetic
component 		美 丽
Rime
group 		脂 歌
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		美 麗
Old
Chinese 		/*mriʔ/ /*reːls/
Notes 甲文象大人首插翎羽表美觀，
取陳獨秀說

Adjective

美麗

  1. beautiful
    美麗景色／美丽景色  ―  měilì jǐngsè  ―  beautiful views
    她長得很美麗。 [MSC, trad.]
    她长得很美丽。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zhǎng de hěn měilì.
    She is very beautiful.
    法語是一門美麗的語言。 [MSC, trad.]
    法语是一门美丽的语言。 [MSC, simp.]
    Fǎyǔ shì yīmén měilì de yǔyán.
    French is a beautiful language.
    要我說啊，鄉下美麗的田園風光就比風景區的好。 [MSC, trad.]
    要我说啊，乡下美丽的田园风光就比风景区的好。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yào wǒ shuō a, xiāngxià měilì de tiányuán fēngguāng jiù bǐ fēngjǐngqū de hǎo.
    If you ask me, the scenery in the countryside is more beautiful than that in the scenic spots.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 漂亮 (“good-looking; beautiful; pretty”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 漂亮, 好看, 美, 美麗, 美觀, 佳
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 好看, 漂亮, 俊
Taiwan 好看, 漂亮
Chifeng 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 好看, 漂亮
Harbin 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 美
Shenyang 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
Singapore 美, 好看, 漂亮, 美麗
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 好看, 漂亮
Tangshan 好看
Cangzhou 好看, 漂亮, 俊
Baoding 好看, 漂亮
Shijiazhuang 好看
Jinan 好看, 漂亮, 俊, 俊巴, 美
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 俊
Qingdao 漂亮, 俊
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 好看, 漂亮, 美, 標緻
Wanrong 好看
Zhengzhou 漂亮, 標緻, 好看, 齊整
Xi'an 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 嫽, 排場, 心疼
Xining 好看, 標緻, 俊, 秀溜
Xuzhou 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊, 冠冕, 辦事
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 俊
Lanzhou 好看, 漂亮, 美, 俊
Ürümqi 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 翠活
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖, 抻展
Chongqing 美, 好看, 漂亮, 乖, 抻抖
Wuhan 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 體面, 寧馨, 標, 媌, 刮氣, 美
Guiyang 抻透, 抻展, 好看, 漂亮, 秀氣
Kunming 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
Guilin 漂亮
Liuzhou 美, 好看, 漂亮, 靚2, 㜺
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
Yangzhou 美, 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 不醜
Nantong 好看, 漂亮
Hefei 美, 漂亮, 好看, 格式, 排場
Cantonese Guangzhou 靚2, 好睇, 好樣
Hong Kong 靚2, 好睇
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 靚2
Macau 靚2
Guangzhou (Panyu) 靚2
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 靚2
Guangzhou (Conghua) 靚2
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 靚2
Foshan 靚2
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 靚2
Foshan (Shunde) 靚2
Foshan (Sanshui) 靚2
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 靚2
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 靚2
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 靚2
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 靚2
Zhuhai (Doumen) 靚2
Jiangmen (Baisha) 靚2
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 靚2
Taishan 靚2
Kaiping (Chikan) 靚2
Enping (Niujiang) 靚2
Heshan (Yayao) 靚2
Dongguan 靚2, 好樣
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 靚2
Yangjiang 好看, 好樣, 靚2, 整齊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 靚2
Penang (Guangfu) 靚2
Singapore (Guangfu) 靚2
Gan Nanchang 客氣, 好看, 漂亮, 齊整
Lichuan 好看
Pingxiang 好看, 客氣, 漂亮, 標緻, 標
Hakka Meixian 好看, 靚2, 靚3, 僐, 勁, 趣, 端, 標緻, 儒雅
Xingning 靚2
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 靚2
Huiyang 靚2
Huidong (Daling) 靚2
Dongguan (Qingxi) 靚2
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 靚2
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 靚2
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 靚2
Wuhua (Huacheng) 俏, 靚2
Wuhua (Changbu) 靚2
Wuhua (Mianyang) 靚3
Heyuan (Bendihua) 靚2
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 靚3
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 排場
Liannan 靚2
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 靚2
Jiexi 靚2
Changting 靚3
Wuping 靚3
Wuping (Pingyu) 靚3
Liancheng 靚3
Ninghua 靚3
Yudu 標緻, 齊整
Ruijin 靚3
Shicheng 像, 標緻, 好看
Shangyou (Shexi) 靚2, 整, 標緻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 靚3
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鬧, 靚3
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 靚3
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 靚3
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 靚3
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 靚3
Hong Kong 靚2
Luchuan 靚2
Senai (Huiyang) 靚2
Kuching (Hepo) 靚3
Huizhou Jixi 好看, 標緻, 漂亮
Shexian 好看, 漂亮
Jin Taiyuan 好看, 襲人, 客戲, 漂亮
Xinzhou 好看, 漂亮, 標緻, 爽整, 襲人, 緻氣
Linhe 美, 襲人, 好看, 漂亮
Jining 好看, 襲人
Hohhot 好看, 襲人, 俊, 漂亮
Zhangjiakou 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊
Handan 美, 好看, 漂亮, 俊俏, 俊
Northern Min Jian'ou 好覷, 雅式, 生得好
Eastern Min Fuzhou 俊, 生得好, 卓佳, 好看, 漂亮
Singapore (Fuqing) 俊
Southern Min Xiamen 媠, 好看
Xiamen (Tong'an) 媠, 俏
Quanzhou 媠, 媠靡, 㜅, 好看
Jinjiang 媠, 㜅
Shishi 媠
Anxi 媠
Zhangzhou 媠, 好看
Zhao'an 媠
Dongshan 媠
Taipei 媠
New Taipei (Sanxia) 媠
Kaohsiung 媠
Tainan 媠
Kinmen 媠
Penghu (Magong) 媠
Penang (Hokkien) 媠
Singapore (Hokkien) 媠, 俏
Manila (Hokkien) 媠, 好看, 㜅
Longyan 媠
Pingnan (Shangdu) 靚2
Chaozhou 雅, 好睇
Shantou 雅, 媠, 好睇
Shantou (Chenghai) 雅, 媠
Shantou (Chaoyang) 雅
Jieyang 雅, 媠, 如雅
Puning 雅, 生好, 好睇
Lufeng 媠, 生好
Haifeng 媠, 生好
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 雅
Singapore (Teochew) 雅
Leizhou 清楚
Wenchang 靚4, 好望
Haikou 靚4, 靚2, 靚仔, 雅目, 都緻
Qionghai 靚4
Singapore (Hainanese) 靚4
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 靚2, 好覷
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 㜺, 靚2
Wu Shanghai 漂亮, 好看, 好看相, 標緻
Shanghai (Songjiang) 畢㜺
Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) 出客
Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) 出客
Shanghai (Fengxian) 靈
Shanghai (Jinshan) 靈
Shanghai (Chongming) 標緻, 樣式, 登樣
Suzhou 好看, 標緻, 登樣, 漂亮
Danyang 好看, 漂亮, 標緻
Hangzhou 好看, 漂亮
Ningbo 好看, 漂亮, 㜅, 㜅門, 㜅頭, 出格, 架勢, 細巧, 細相, 登樣
Wenzhou 好覷, 生好, 骨切
Jinhua 好望, 俏, 漂亮
Xiang Changsha 好看, 漂亮, 腆靦, 乖
Loudi 漂亮
Shuangfeng 好看, 漂亮

Antonyms

Noun

美麗

  1. beauty
    自然美麗／自然美丽  ―  zìrán měilì  ―  natural beauty
    她的美麗確是無與倫比。 [MSC, trad.]
    她的美丽确是无与伦比。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de měilì quèshì wúyǔlúnbǐ.
    Her beauty is beyond compare.

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (美麗):
  • → Japanese: 美(び)麗(れい) (birei)
  • → Vietnamese: mĩ lệ (美麗)

References

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美 麗
び
Grade: 3 		れい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjective

美(び)麗(れい) • (birei) -na (adnominal 美(び)麗(れい)な (birei na), adverbial 美(び)麗(れい)に (birei ni))

  1. beautiful

Inflection

Inflection of 美麗
Stem forms
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

Antonyms

Noun

美(び)麗(れい) • (birei) 

  1. (extreme) beauty

See also

See also

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美麗

Adjective

美麗

  1. chữ Hán form of mĩ lệ (“beautiful; lovely”).
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