秀麗

See also: 秀丽

Chinese

		to ear; beautiful; elegant to ear; beautiful; elegant; outstanding; to show; to display; show	beautiful; Korea
trad. (秀麗)		秀	麗
simp. (秀丽)		秀	丽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòulì
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-li⁴
    • Yale: syòu-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowlih
    • Palladius: сюли (sjuli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³ lai⁶
    • Yale: sau laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù-lē
    • Tâi-lô: siù-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuole
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹⁻⁵³ le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹⁻⁵³ le²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹⁻⁵³ le³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹⁻⁴¹ le³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwH lejH

Rime
Character	秀	麗
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	息救切	郎計切
Baxter	sjuwH	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuH/	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/siuH/	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/siəuH/	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwH/	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/siuH/	/leiH/
Wang Li	/sĭəuH/	/lieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯uH/	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiù	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3	lai6

Adjective

秀麗

1. beautiful; pretty

Synonyms

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• 俊 (jùn)
• 俊俏 (jùnqiào) (attractive and smart)
• 俊秀 (jùnxiù)
• 俊美 (jùnměi) (of a young male)
• 俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì) (usually of a female)
• 奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì) (singularly beautiful)
• 好看 (hǎokàn)
• 妖嬌 / 妖娇 (“iau-kiau”) (Hokkien)
• 妍美 (yánměi) (literary)
• 姣美 (jiāoměi) (formal, of a face or posture)
• 嬌豔 / 娇艳 (jiāoyàn) (delicate and charming)
• 嬌逸 / 娇逸 (jiāoyì) (literary, of a young male)
• 悅目 / 悦目 (yuèmù)
• 是樣 / 是样 (shìyàng) (colloquial)
• 標緻 / 标致 (biāozhì) (usually of a woman)
• 清秀 (qīngxiù)
• 漂亮
• 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
• 秀美 (xiùměi)
• 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
• 繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
• 美觀 / 美观 (měiguān)
• 美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
• 耐看 (nàikàn)
• 花花 (huāhuā) (literary)
• 豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
• 邊式 / 边式 (biānshi) (regional, of dress, physique, etc.)
• 體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)
• 鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng) (dialectal)
• 鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)

 

Derived terms

• 秀麗隱桿線蟲 / 秀丽隐杆线虫 (xiùlì yǐngānxiànchóng)