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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
麗人
- (literary) beauty; beautiful woman
Synonyms
- 佳人 (jiārén)
- 佳麗/佳丽 (jiālì) (literary)
- 出水芙蓉 (chūshuǐfúróng) (figurative)
- 嫭 (hù) (literary)
- 嬌/娇 (jiāo)
- 紅顏/红颜 (hóngyán) (literary, figurative)
- 美人 (měirén)
- 美女 (měinǚ)
- 行雨 (xíngyǔ) (literary, figurative)
- 靚女/靓女 (chiefly Cantonese)
Dialectal synonyms of
美女 (“beautiful woman”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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美女, 美人, 佳人
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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美人兒
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Taiwan
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美女
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Singapore
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美女
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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靚女
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Hong Kong
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靚女
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Taishan
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靚女
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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靚女
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Dongguan
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靚女
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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靚女
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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靚女
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Hakka
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Meixian
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標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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靚女
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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媠查某
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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媠查某
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Quanzhou
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媠查某
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Anxi
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媠查某
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Zhangzhou
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媠查某
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Zhao'an
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媠查某
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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媠查某, 俏母
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Manila (Hokkien)
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媠查某
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Shantou
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雅諸娘
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Jieyang
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雅諸娘, 雅儂
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Leizhou
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顯娘
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Wenchang
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靚母
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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靚母
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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靚妹
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Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
麗人 • (reijin) ←れいじん (reizin)?
- Synonym of 美人 (bijin, “beautiful woman”)
- 男装の麗人
- dansō no reijin
- a handsome woman in men's clothing (common collocation)
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