嫵媚

See also: 妩媚

Chinese

		flatter; to please	flatter; charm
trad. (嫵媚)		嫵	媚
simp. (妩媚)		妩	媚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔmèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄇㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bú-bī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔmèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄇㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔmèi
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-mei⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-mèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuumey
    • Palladius: умэй (umɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
    • Yale: móuh meih / mòuh mèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ mei⁶ / mou⁴ mei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ méi⁶ / mou⁴ méi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ mei̯²²/, /mou̯²¹ mei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bú-bī
    • Tâi-lô: bú-bī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bw'bi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi²²/

Adjective

嫵媚

1. lovely; charming; enchanting (of a woman)

   • 我見青山多嫵媚，料青山，見我應如是。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     我见青山多妩媚，料青山，见我应如是。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. spring, 1201, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾), 《賀新郎·甚矣吾衰矣》

     Wǒ jiàn qīngshān duō wǔmèi, liào qīngshān, jiàn wǒ yīng rúshì. [Pinyin]

     I see the green mountains as tantalizing; Likewise should mountains think about me.

Synonyms

• 柔媚 (róumèi)
• 秀媚 (xiùmèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嫵	媚
ぶ Hyōgai	び Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟bʲi]

Noun

嫵(ぶ)媚(び) • (bubi) 

1. (rare) a lovely and charmingly coquettish manner