佳麗

See also: 佳丽

Chinese

excellent beautiful; Korea
trad. (佳麗) 佳 麗
simp. (佳丽) 佳 丽

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 佳 麗
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 佳 (31) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II IV
Fanqie 古膎切 郎計切
Baxter kea lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛ/ /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚæ/ /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kæi/ /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kaɨj/ /lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/kɛ/ /leiH/
Wang
Li
/kai/ /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kai/ /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiā lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaai1 lai6

Adjective

佳麗

  1. (literary) beautiful; pretty

Noun

佳麗

  1. (literary) babe; beauty; belle; beauty queen
  2. (~卦) A combination 三上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
佳 麗
か
Grade: S
れい
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾe̞ː]

Adjective

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei) -na (adnominal 佳(か)麗(れい)な (karei na), adverbial 佳(か)麗(れい)に (karei ni))

  1. beautiful; fair; pretty
    Synonyms: きれい (kirei), 美しい (ustukushii)

Noun

佳(か)麗(れい) • (karei) 

  1. beauty; that which is beautiful
  2. a beautiful woman; a beauty; a belle
    Synonyms: 美人 (bijin), 美女 (bijo), 佳人 (kajin), 麗人 (reijin)
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