美人照鏡

Chinese

		beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady beautiful woman; beauty; lovely lady; royal consort	to look into the mirror
trad. (美人照鏡)		美人	照鏡
simp. (美人照镜)		美人	照镜
Literally: “a beauty looks into the mirror”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mei⁵ jan⁴ ziu³ geng³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mei⁵ jan⁴ ziu³ geng³
    • Yale: méih yàhn jiu geng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mei⁵ jan⁴ dziu³ geng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: méi⁵ yen⁴ jiu³ géng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ t͡siːu̯³³ kɛːŋ³³/

Phrase

美人照鏡

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, idiomatic) to finish one's plate; to have eaten all one's food for a meal