美觀
Appearance
See also: 美观
Chinese
[edit]beautiful; beauty; America | to look at; to watch; to observe to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; Taoist monastery | ||
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trad. (美觀) | 美 | 觀 | |
simp. (美观) | 美 | 观 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: měiguan
- Wade–Giles: mei3-kuan1
- Yale: měi-gwān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meeiguan
- Palladius: мэйгуань (mɛjguanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mei5 gun1
- Yale: méih gūn
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei5 gun1
- Guangdong Romanization: méi5 gun1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mei̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Adjective
[edit]美觀
- aesthetically pleasing; pleasing to the eye; beautiful
Usage notes
[edit]美觀/美观 (měiguān) commonly describes objects, movements, etc., while 美麗/美丽 (měilì) can describe objects and movements, as well as people.
Synonyms
[edit]- 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)
- 秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
- 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
- 繁華 / 繁华 (fánhuá) (literary)
- 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)
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- Chinese nouns
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- Intermediate Mandarin
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