美女

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

美女

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

Synonyms

  • (beautiful woman):
Dialectal synonyms of 美女 (“beautiful woman”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 美女, 美人, 佳人, 佳麗, 麗人, 紅顏, 嬋娟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 美女, 美人, 佳人
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 美人兒
Taiwan 美女
Singapore 美女
Cantonese Guangzhou 靚女
Hong Kong 靚女
Taishan 靚女
Kaiping (Chikan) 靚女
Dongguan 靚女
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 靚女
Singapore (Guangfu) 靚女
Hakka Meixian 標緻妹仔, 靚妹仔, 靚女
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 靚女
Southern Min Xiamen 媠查某
Xiamen (Tong'an) 媠查某
Quanzhou 媠查某
Anxi 媠查某
Zhangzhou 媠查某
Zhao'an 媠查某
Singapore (Hokkien) 媠查某, 俏母
Manila (Hokkien) 媠查某
Shantou 雅諸娘
Jieyang 雅諸娘, 雅儂
Leizhou 顯娘
Wenchang 靚母
Singapore (Hainanese) 靚母
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 靚妹
  • (term of address): 女生 (nǚshēng), 女士 (nǚshì), various female relations such as 阿姨 (āyí)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
美 女
び
Grade: 3 		じょ
Grade: 1
kan'on

Etymology

/bidjo/ → /bid͡ʑjo/ → /biʑo/

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

Pronunciation

Noun

美(び)女(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”)
    美(び)女(じょ)と野(や)獣(じゅう)
    Bijo to Yajū
    Beauty and the Beast

See also

References

  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

Hanja in this term
美女

Noun

美女 • (minyeo) (hangeul 미녀)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
美女

Noun

美女

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